How common is the surname Marx?

11,716 people in the United States had the surname Marx in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,352 Americans. It ranked 3,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marx?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Marx identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Marx?

Groucho Marx, American comedian (1890–1977), followed by Harpo Marx.

Where is the surname Marx most common?

Wikidata records people named Marx in the United States, Austria and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Marx?

Marx is /mɑɹks/, one syllable.

Is the surname Marx getting more or less common?

More common. 9,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,716 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Marx

A German surname, carried by 11,716 people in the United States.

Pronounced /mɑɹks/ 1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marx is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Marx.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,716 people named Marx in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,352 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,404.

#3,062

rank among US surnames

11,716

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+24.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,053	Dorman	11,739	26,301
#3,055	Rains	11,737	26,305
#3,057	Lamar	11,733	26,314
#3,058	Holton	11,731	26,319
#3,059	Patten	11,730	26,321
#3,060	Harlow	11,726	26,330
#3,061	Vue	11,717	26,350

Who is named Marx

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

94% of people named Marx identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marxs

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Groucho Marx
American comedian (1890–1977)
Harpo Marx
American comedian, 1888–1964
Richard Marx
American singer and songwriter, born 1963
Chico Marx
American comedian (1887–1961)
Zeppo Marx
American film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)
Gummo Marx
American comedian (1893–1977)
Joseph Marx
Austrian composer, teacher and critic (1882-1964)
Hellmuth Marx
Austrian sculptor, 1915–2002
Jeff Marx
American composer, born 1970
Anne Buydens
American film producer (1919–2021)

Notable Marxs come mostly from the United States (7), Austria (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marx

Marx has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marx come from?: Borrowed from German Marx.
How common is the surname Marx?: 11,716 people in the United States had the surname Marx in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,352 Americans. It ranked 3,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marx?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Marx identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Marx?: Groucho Marx, American comedian (1890–1977), followed by Harpo Marx.
Where is the surname Marx most common?: Wikidata records people named Marx in the United States, Austria and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Marx?: Marx is /mɑɹks/, one syllable.
Is the surname Marx getting more or less common?: More common. 9,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,716 in 2010, up 25%.