Marsh Surname

3,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Marsh Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the marsh' (from residence thereby), i.e. swamp, bog. Low Latin, mariscus; Middle English mersche.

Isabel ate Mershe, Oxfordshire, 1273 Hundred Rolls.

John in le Merse, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Marsh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States82,2461:4,407488
England39,4131:1,414148
Australia12,4661:2,166280
Canada7,5191:4,900706
Yemen5,1061:5,175733
New Zealand3,1361:1,444169
South Africa2,5341:21,3802,709
Jamaica1,9031:1,508255
Wales1,6761:1,846180
Scotland7561:7,0821,090
Thailand6821:103,57514,962
Ireland5631:8,3641,169
France4411:150,61823,353
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
Spain2341:199,79513,704
Russia2101:686,30058,624
Liberia1881:23,4502,315
Germany1801:447,25339,773
India1701:4,512,149117,295
Iraq1571:223,0684,985
Malaysia1571:187,86111,202
Antigua and Barbuda1291:769131
Zimbabwe1291:119,67616,190
Singapore1281:43,0291,626
Northern Ireland1231:15,0002,046
Chile1061:166,1935,518
Sweden1001:98,4687,152
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
United States Virgin Islands891:1,240195
Nigeria871:2,036,12471,256
Japan801:1,598,05425,094
Guernsey661:976172
Jersey631:1,575229
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Ukraine561:812,90581,323
Barbados511:5,636612
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Papua New Guinea391:209,07028,870
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Denmark361:156,79813,614
Brazil341:6,296,304151,940
Malta301:14,342837
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Isle of Man281:3,065663
Bermuda271:2,418390
Hong Kong271:271,6853,066
Israel241:356,56829,419
Cayman Islands231:2,778359
China231:59,448,7643,236
Gibraltar221:1,543353
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
Belarus201:475,05345,383
Taiwan201:1,172,2378,044
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Falkland Islands181:17424
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Ecuador141:1,136,13215,474
Norway131:395,56035,657
Costa Rica121:398,3393,755
Finland121:458,05828,977
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Syria121:1,608,4188,291
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
Trinidad and Tobago101:136,3987,940
Sierra Leone91:787,737678
Vanuatu91:29,253714
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Guam81:20,0153,029
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Marshall Islands81:6,4781,058
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Niue71:23155
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Egypt61:15,322,62662,302
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Cook Islands51:3,636866
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Panama41:978,06412,245
Solomon Islands41:145,00719,402
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Malawi21:8,559,55434,093
Mongolia21:1,412,64416,950
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tonga11:107,313791
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2881:15,3811,950
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England20,8271:1,170129
Wales4521:3,470232
Scotland721:51,9893,520
Guernsey231:1,420241
Isle of Man111:4,934490
Jersey91:5,7651,004
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,5571:2,568278

Marsh (4,045) may also be a first name.

Marsh Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the marsh' (from residence thereby), i.e. swamp, bog. Low Latin, mariscus; Middle English mersche.

Isabel ate Mershe, Oxfordshire, 1273 Hundred Rolls.

John in le Merse, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1567. Married — Peter Foxe and Elizabeth Marshe St. Michael, Cornhill.

1567-8. William Woods and Isabel Marsh: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller on Low, Wet Land, a Morass [Old English mersc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who lived on, or near, the swamp or tract of soft, wet land.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes in cos. Buckingham and Lincoln. The Kentish family appear to have been in that county from the XIV. cent. The latinization is De Marisco, and the medieval form is Ate-Mershe. The equivalent name Marais is common in France.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Teutonic.) Maresche, Morass, a fen, a tract of low, wet land.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

1. A local English name. 2. Robert, Simon, William, de Mariscis; Roger, Robert, Gervase de Marisco, Normandy, 1180-95; Alpais, Gervase, Robert de M., 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). William was of Kent, Robert of Gloucester, Richard of Hants, and York, and Lancaster.

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Marsh. —Distributed over the greater part of England, but rare or absent north of Notts and Lancashire. It has several centres, namely, in Cambridgeshire and Kent in the east, in Lancashire in the north, in Shropshire in the west, and in Wilts, Dorset, and Somerset in the south. Marsh is the name of a parish both in Shropshire and Kent. Lower says that the surname has existed in Kent since the 14th century.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(English) This surname means 'dweller at the marsh'. There is a variant Marsh, contracted from Marshall.

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Marsh Last Name Facts

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

Marsh (Arabic: مارش, Hindi: मार्श, Oriya: ମାିର୍, Russian: Марш) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marsh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Marsh is the 3,447th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 44,907 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Marsh are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Marsh is also the 109,658th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,045 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 82,246 people, or 1 in 4,407. In The United States Marsh is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States Marsh is found in 134 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Marsh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Marsh has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 371 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,050 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 195 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Marsh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (47%) in Ireland, Orthodox (68%) in Russia, Greek Orthodox (60%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Marsh surname are 14.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.98% registered with the political party.

The amount Marsh earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 14.83% less than the national average, earning 294,743 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 29.36% more than the national average, earning R 307,404 per year; in United States they earn 0.81% less than the national average, earning $42,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.73% more than the national average, earning $50,044 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marsch913,646/
Marshe91145/
Maursh9123/
Maersh913/
Marrsh913/
Masrsh912/
Mearsh911/
Maarsh910/
Marshd910/
Mmarsh910/
Mars8923,578/
Maersch83107/
Marsche8350/
Mearsch8311/
Maharsh833/
Marrsch831/
Maarsch831/
Mearshe830/
March8036,505/
Mears8022,340/
Marrs809,776/
Mairs802,850/
Marse801,040/
Mersh80549/
Maers80215/
Maars80148/
Morsh80125/
Marsz8098/
Mahrs8098/
Maurs8092/
Marås8082/
Mayrs8077/
Marss8044/
Marså8010/
Marst807/
Matrs804/
Mmars804/
Marxh803/
Marsj801/
Marzh800/
Marshova77122/
Marshová776/
Marche735,280/
Mersch735,238/
Morsch734,469/
Maarse73712/
Mörsch73649/
Mearse73205/
Märsch73105/
Mharse7371/
Morshe7354/
Mahars7341/
Mehrsh7319/
Marsøe7310/
Marcht7310/
Maurch739/
Moersh738/
M'Gars734/
Marchì734/
Mairch734/
Marsse733/
Maurås733/
Mathrs733/
Mearch732/
Marsce732/
Matrse732/
Mhersh731/
Morshh731/
Maitrs731/
Mearsd731/
Marrch731/
Maerrs731/
Morsth730/
Meirsh730/
Marschová7118/
Marx6788,920/
Mors672,553/
Mers671,702/
Mörs671,195/
Moersch67644/
Marsova67568/
Marş67179/
Marš67116/
Märs6799/
Marsová6776/
Meersch6773/
Morsche6721/
Maharse6720/
Märsche6716/
Maarsse6712/
Mhahrse675/
Maarssø674/
Matthrs671/
Màrs671/
Maarche671/
D'March671/
Meursch670/
Mairsse670/

Marsh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Marsh in the Hindi language
मार्शmarsa66.67
मर्शmarsa16.67
आरara16.67
Marsh in the Oriya language
ମାିର୍mair33.33
ମାଶmasa33.33
ମାରସାmarasa33.33
Marsh in the Russian language
Маршmars-
Marsh in the Arabic language
مارشmarsh-

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