The Maris surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,986 people carried this name — #14,902 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,858 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Maris surname
From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute), from Etruscan Maris.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maris» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,310 people named Maris 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 585 people named Maris.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Sarthe.
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 108 people named Maris 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Maris live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
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
48 people named Maris is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Maris in American newspapers,
1918–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 389,809 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Maris,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Maris 1837–1899 · visual artist -
Matthijs Maris 1839–1917 · graphic artist -
Willem Maris 1844–1910 · graphic artist -
Jeurian Maris 1662–1738
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Richard Maris 1672–1752
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Richard Maris 1672–1745
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maris.
- Marino 31,687 · U.S. census
- Marinoni 104 · U.S. census
- Mario 711 · U.S. census
- Marion 14,777 · U.S. census
- Marioni 278 · U.S. census
- Mariotti 1,229 · U.S. census
- Mariscal 8,368 · U.S. census
- Marit 106 · U.S. census
- Marius 417 · U.S. census
- Marjanovic 259 · U.S. census
- Mark 14,265 · U.S. census
- Marka 118 · U.S. census
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