Marathon Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Marathon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marathon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France761:873,983102,402
United States451:8,054,643356,745
India141:54,790,384527,769
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
England21:27,859,030389,889
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Marathon (135) may also be a first name.

Marathon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marathon Come From? nationality or country of origin

Marathon has its highest incidence in France. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marathon? popularity and diffusion

Marathon is the 1,136,896th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Marathon live; 39 percent live in Western Europe and 35 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Marathon is also the 797,647th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 135 people.

Marathon is most numerous in France, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 873,983. In France it is most frequent in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 63 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 29 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 1 percent are found. Apart from France this last name occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Marathon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Marathon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Marathon last name rose 4,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Marathon Last Name Statistics demography

Marathon earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.89% more than the national average, earning $47,850 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Marathon
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