Where Does The Last Name Marks Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Marks (Georgian: მარკს, Hindi: माक्र्स, Marathi: माक्सर्, Oriya: ମାକର୍ସ, Russian: Маркс) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as: Märks or Mārks. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Marks? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 4,956^th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 63,854 people. Marks occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Marks reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Marks is also the 90,442^nd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 5,511 people.

Marks is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 66,661 people, or 1 in 5,437. In The United States Marks is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent reside, New York, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 138 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Marks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Marks has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 618 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 209 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 215 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 395 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 52 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Marks Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (53%) in Ireland, Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Maronite (38%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Marks surname are 38.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.62% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Marks earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.1% less than the national average, earning 283,446 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.96% more than the national average, earning R 318,336 per year; in United States they earn 3.49% more than the national average, earning $44,653 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.76% more than the national average, earning $54,037 CAD per year.