The Marbach surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 675 people carried this name — #33,731 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 686 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
537 people named Marbach live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
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 415 people named Marbach.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Marbach 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Marbach,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Marbach 1521–1581 · Protestant reformer -
Gotthard Oswald Marbach 1810–1890 · writer
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Karl Marbach 1841–1916 · Catholic priest -
Erasmus Marbach 1548–1593
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Philipp Marbach 1550–1611 · university teacher
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Anna Marbach 1590–1662
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marbach.
- Marangoni 200 · U.S. census
- Marani 211 · U.S. census
- Marano 3,701 · U.S. census
- Marant 136 · U.S. census
- Maras 870 · U.S. census
- Marazzi 181 · U.S. census
- Marby 105 · U.S. census
- Marc 1,456 · U.S. census
- Marca 385 · U.S. census
- Marceau 1,695 · U.S. census
- Marceaux 848 · U.S. census
- Marcel 1,829 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Marbach is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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