The Marian surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 838 people carried this name — #28,465 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 6% from 895 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 147 people named Marian 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.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 128 people named Marian.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Poland’s population register
107 people named Marian have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 237 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 85 people named Marian 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
63 people named Marian live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
32 people named Marian is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Marian,
with a public archive behind them.
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Simion Florea Marian 1847–1907 · naturalist -
Simion Florea Marian 1847–1907 · naturalist
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Friedrich Marian 1817–1869 · chemist
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Alexander Marian 1852–1919 · physician
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Ferdinand Marian 1859–1942 · actor
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Liviu Marian 1883–1942 · philologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marian.
- Margossian 139 · U.S. census
- Margot 122 · U.S. census
- Margraff 157 · U.S. census
- Mari 1,546 · U.S. census
- Maria 4,500 · U.S. census
- Mariage 103 · U.S. census
- Mariani 4,573 · U.S. census
- Mariano 9,091 · U.S. census
- Marias 234 · U.S. census
- Maric 496 · U.S. census
- Marical 147 · U.S. census
- Marichal 541 · U.S. census
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