Mark

13,732 people in the United States were counted with the surname Mark in the 2020 census, making it the 2,571st most common in the country. That is about one person in 21,800.

By the numbers

People: 13,732
Rank: 2,571st
How common: 1 in 21,800
Per 100,000: 4.6

Where the name comes from

From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Mark described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 60.0%
Black, not Hispanic 15.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 12.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 2.7%

Notable people called Mark

Mary Ellen Mark (1940–2015)American photographer
Heinrich Mark (1911–2004)Estonian politician and lawyer
David Mark (born 1948)Nigerian politician and general
Herman F. Mark (1895–1992)Austrian American chemist
Russell Mark (born 1964)Australian sport shooter
Bob Mark (1937–2006)Australian tennis player
Heidi Mark (born 1971)American playmate and actress

People named Mark with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Mark

Also a first name

Mark has been given to 1,366,672 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1960. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.