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The MAR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,327 7120 0.002 16
United States (1880 census) 109 29741 0 2
Change since 1880 +4218 +22621 +N/A +14
Other Countries
Australia 244 6298 0.001 15
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MAR by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,588 1873 0.005 47
Texas 493 4105 0.002 24
Washington 358 1906 0.006 61
New York 222 8025 0.001 12
Massachusetts 113 6669 0.002 18
Top States for MAR by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Washington 358 1906 0.006 61
California 1,588 1873 0.005 47
Hawaii 46 2160 0.004 38
Kansas 73 4281 0.003 27
Texas 493 4105 0.002 24

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MAR live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MAR represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MAR in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MAR by picking someone at random in Washington than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MAR

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MAR surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MAR in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 910 21.03
White (Caucasian) 613 14.17
Mixed Race 180 4.16
Black/African American 100 2.31
Native American/Alaskan 14 0.32
Asian/Pacific 2,510 58.01

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MAR surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MAR in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MAR.

Similar names to MAR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MAR.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MAR

The following words are slight variants of MAR that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.