How common is the last name Marcus?

16,763 people in the United States have the last name Marcus, about 1 in 17,831. It ranks #2,096 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MARCUS

#2,096

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,763
About
1 in 17,831
This common or more
48.3%
Who bears it

Of the 16,763 people with the last name Marcus, 74.7% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Black and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Marcus

#2,094 Dumas · 16,780#2,095 Mccormack · 16,770#2,097 Mclain · 16,762#2,098 Pelletier · 16,759

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marcus, most common first.

#6,234 Marcos · 5,263#9,010 Markus · 3,485#97,730 Marcis · 199#113,565 Marchus · 164#115,686 Marcuse · 160

Also a first name

As a first name, Marcus ranks #301 of 53,615, with 184,054 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1984, with 6,060 births. See Marcus as a first name

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