The Maret surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 526 people carried this name — #39,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,637 people named Maret.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,088 people named Maret live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 31 people named Maret 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 Hainaut.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maret.
- Marenda 106 · U.S. census
- Marenghi 161 · U.S. census
- Marengo 690 · U.S. census
- Mares 12,041 · U.S. census
- Maresca 1,806 · U.S. census
- Mareschal 109 · U.S. census
- Marette 104 · U.S. census
- Marez 2,773 · U.S. census
- Marfil 336 · U.S. census
- Marfisi 186 · U.S. census
- Margarit 118 · U.S. census
- Marge 138 · U.S. census
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