# Marvel (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,862 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,523 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 79,944 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (3,891 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marvel 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Marvel in the United States.

## People named Marvel

- Elizabeth Marvel, American actress
- Kate Marvel, American climate scientist and communicator
- Carl Shipp Marvel, American chemist

## Similar surnames

Maravilla, Marble, Marable, Marple, Merrifield, Mirabal, Moorefield, Morefield, Mirabella, Mirabile.

## 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.