How common is the surname Marton?

1,499 people in the United States had the surname Marton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Marton most common?

Wikidata records people named Marton in the United States.

Is the surname Marton getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Marton

A surname, carried by 1,499 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marton is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,499 people named Marton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,504.

#18,457

rank among US surnames

1,499

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Marton

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

87% of people named Marton identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Martons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kati Marton
American writer, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marton

Marton has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

Questions

How common is the surname Marton?: 1,499 people in the United States had the surname Marton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marton?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Marton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marton?: Kati Marton, American writer.
Where is the surname Marton most common?: Wikidata records people named Marton in the United States.
Is the surname Marton getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, down 0.3%.