# Marston (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,535 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,329 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,245 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.7% (6,127 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɑɹstən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Maston |

## Etymology

From Old English mersc (“marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marston 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marston in the United States and Australia.

## People named Marston

- William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, lawyer, inventor, and comic book writer (1893–1947)
- Nathaniel Marston, American actor (1975-2015)
- Joshua Marston, American screenwriter and film director (born 1968)
- Joe Marston, Australian soccer player (1926-2015)
- Theodore Marston, American film director (1868–1920)

## Similar surnames

Marsden, Mercado, Marcotte, Markowitz, Marchetti, Mercedes, Merced, Morrissette, Marquette, Morgado, Mercadante, Margiotta.

## 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.