How common is the surname Marshburn?

1,887 people in the United States had the surname Marshburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,617 Americans. It ranked 15,508th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marshburn?

Thomas Marshburn, American physician and NASA astronaut.

Where is the surname Marshburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Marshburn in the United States.

Is the surname Marshburn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,887 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Marshburn

A surname, carried by 1,887 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M621

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marshburn is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,887 people named Marshburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,617 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,797.

#15,508

rank among US surnames

1,887

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #15,061)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,499	Emert	1,889	163,444
#15,503	Shand	1,888	163,530
#15,508	Lucht	1,887	163,617

Who is named Marshburn

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

82% of people named Marshburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marshburns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Marshburn
American physician and NASA astronaut, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marshburn

Marshburn has the Soundex code M621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M621.

Questions

How common is the surname Marshburn?: 1,887 people in the United States had the surname Marshburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,617 Americans. It ranked 15,508th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marshburn?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Marshburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marshburn?: Thomas Marshburn, American physician and NASA astronaut.
Where is the surname Marshburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Marshburn in the United States.
Is the surname Marshburn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,887 in 2010, up 5.0%.