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    The surname Marston

    An English place surname, carried by 6,535 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈmɑɹstən/ 2 syllables Soundex M623

    Marston: #5,329 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Marston #5,329, 6,535 people Marston: #5,329 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Marston #5,329, 6,535 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marston is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,535 people named Marston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,245 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,127.

    #5,329
    rank among US surnames
    6,535
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,232)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,322Ladner6,55147,130
    #5,323Beiler6,54947,144
    #5,324Yin6,54847,151
    #5,325Marlowe6,54347,187
    #5,326Recinos6,54047,209
    #5,327Tibbetts6,53847,223
    #5,328Lehr6,53747,230

    Who is named Marston

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

    88% of people named Marston identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Marstons

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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)

    Notable Marstons come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Marston

    Marston has the Soundex code M623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M623.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marston come from?
    From Old English mersc (“marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).
    How common is the surname Marston?
    6,535 people in the United States had the surname Marston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,245 Americans. It ranked 5,329th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marston?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Marston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Marston?
    William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, lawyer, inventor, and comic book writer (1893–1947), followed by Nathaniel Marston.
    Where is the surname Marston most common?
    Wikidata records people named Marston in the United States and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Marston?
    Marston is /ˈmɑɹstən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Marston?
    Marston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Marston getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,535 in 2010, up 6.7%.
    What are other spellings of Marston?
    Maston.