Marano surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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.

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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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 711
City of Buenos Aires 228
Santa Fe 122
Mendoza 65
Córdoba 38
Neuquén 28
La Pampa 23
Chaco 19

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 map

Where they live today

Zurich 31
Ticino 30
Aargau 28
Geneva 27
Schwyz 11
St. Gallen 10
Zug 9
Lucerne 8

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

Born outside France 59
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Jura 8
Var 3
Val-de-Marne 2
Saône-et-Loire 2
Loire 2
Côte-d’Or 2
Paris 1

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

Limburg 18
Hainaut 14

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.

Newspaper page from Minnesota Staats-zeitung carrying the name Marano
Minnesota Staats-zeitung 1859-07-09
Newspaper page from Virginia Gazette carrying the name Marano
Virginia Gazette 1909-09-02
Newspaper page from Minnesota Staats-zeitung carrying the name Marano
Minnesota Staats-zeitung 1859-06-18

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.

  • Ezio Marano
    Ezio Marano 1927–1991 · actor
  • Ezio Marano
    Ezio Marano 1927–1991 · actor
  • Aldo Marano 1901–
  • Luka A. Marano Sr. 1925–2020
  • Pasquale Marano 1935–2023 · university teacher
  • Pasquale Marano 1935–2023 · university teacher

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Marano is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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