# Marshall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/marshall/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish status surname from Middle English for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 183,922 |
| US rank (2010) | 139 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,679 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (177,213 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑɹʃəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Marshal |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun marshal. * As a French surname, variant of Mercier. * As a German surname, variant of Marschall.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marshall in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marshall in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Argentina and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Marshall

- George Marshall, American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
- Alfred Marshall, British economist (1842–1924)
- Garry Marshall, American actor and filmmaker (1934–2016)
- Penny Marshall, American actress, director and producer (1943–2018)
- Frank Marshall, American chess player
- Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 (1908–1993)
- Rob Marshall, American filmmaker and choreographer (born 1960)
- Frank Marshall, American film producer and director (born 1946)
- James Marshall, American actor
- E. G. Marshall, American actor (1914-1998)
- George Marshall, American actor, screenwriter, and film director (1891–1975)
- Roger Marshall, American politician

and 66 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Marcial, Mariscal, Marcello, Marsala, Marcell, Marzullo, Markwell, Marschall, Marcella, Markley, Merkel, Miracle.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.