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

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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Seine-Maritime 123
Paris 121
Rhône 100
Deux-Sèvres 76
Nord 67
Isère 65
Aisne 64
Côte-d’Or 58

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 map

Where they live today

Valais 760
Vaud 154
Geneva 87
Fribourg 28
Bern 21
Zurich 17
Schwyz 8
Aargau 4

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

Hainaut 11
Walloon Brabant 10
Liège 10

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Maret 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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