The Marano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,701 people carried this name — #8,853 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 17% from 3,152 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,303 people named Marano live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
186 people named Marano live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Marano.
Most of them — 59 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Marano live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Marano in American newspapers,
1859–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,588 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Marano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ezio Marano 1927–1991 · actor -
Ezio Marano 1927–1991 · actor -
Aldo Marano 1901–
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Luka A. Marano Sr. 1925–2020
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Pasquale Marano 1935–2023 · university teacher
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Pasquale Marano 1935–2023 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marano.
- Mara 2,956 · U.S. census
- Marais 288 · U.S. census
- Maran 569 · U.S. census
- Marange 130 · U.S. census
- Marangoni 200 · U.S. census
- Marani 211 · U.S. census
- Marant 136 · U.S. census
- Maras 870 · U.S. census
- Marazzi 181 · U.S. census
- Marbach 675 · U.S. census
- Marby 105 · U.S. census
- Marc 1,456 · U.S. census
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