The Marais surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 288 people carried this name — #68,345 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 66% from 174 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,822 people named Marais.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 79 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Marais is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Marais,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marin Marais 1656–1728 · composer -
Maurice Marais 1852–1898 · caricaturist -
Léon Marais 1853–1891 · actor -
Pierre-Gabriel Marest 1662–1714 · missionary
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Matthieu Marais 1664–1737 · writer
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Roland Marais 1680–1750 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marais.
- Manzoni 263 · U.S. census
- Mao 5,565 · U.S. census
- Maqueda 732 · U.S. census
- Maquet 118 · U.S. census
- Mar 5,375 · U.S. census
- Mara 2,956 · U.S. census
- Maran 569 · U.S. census
- Marange 130 · U.S. census
- Marangoni 200 · U.S. census
- Marani 211 · U.S. census
- Marano 3,701 · U.S. census
- Marant 136 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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