How common is the surname Marsh?

62,304 people in the United States had the surname Marsh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,955 Americans. It ranked 537th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marsh?

Othniel Charles Marsh, American paleontologist (1831–1899), followed by Mae Marsh.

Where is the surname Marsh most common?

Wikidata records people named Marsh in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.

Is the surname Marsh getting more or less common?

More common. 60,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 62,304 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Marsh

A place surname, carried by 62,304 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marsh is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.

Marsh is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 62,304 people named Marsh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,955 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 60,999.

#537

rank among US surnames

62,304

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #494)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#528	Pope	63,881	4,833
#529	Lindsey	63,760	4,842
#530	Velazquez	63,736	4,844
#531	Norton	63,722	4,845
#532	McCormick	63,649	4,851
#533	Sparks	63,440	4,867
#534	Flynn	63,400	4,870

Who is named Marsh

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Marsh identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marshs

22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist (1831–1899)
Mae Marsh
American actress (1894-1968)
Michael Marsh
American sprinter, born 1967
Mitchell Marsh
Australian cricketer, born 1991
George Perkins Marsh
American politician (1801-1882)
Edward Marsh
American rower (1874-1932)
Marian Marsh
Actress (1913-2006)
Caren Marsh Doll
Actress, dancer, last surviving actress from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz"
Joan Marsh
American actress (1914–2000)
Shaun Marsh
Australian cricketer, born 1983
Marguerite Marsh
American actress (1888-1925)
Warne Marsh
American tenor saxophonist (1927–1987)

Notable Marshs come mostly from the United States (17), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marsh

Marsh has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

How common is the surname Marsh?: 62,304 people in the United States had the surname Marsh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,955 Americans. It ranked 537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marsh?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Marsh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marsh?: Othniel Charles Marsh, American paleontologist (1831–1899), followed by Mae Marsh.
Where is the surname Marsh most common?: Wikidata records people named Marsh in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Marsh?: Marsh is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Marsh getting more or less common?: More common. 60,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 62,304 in 2010, up 2.1%.