The Marra surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,526 people carried this name — #5,740 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
678 people named Marra live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 156 people named Marra.
Most of them — 105 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 102 people named Marra 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.
In print
Marra in American newspapers,
1908–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,333 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Marra,
with a public archive behind them.
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Saverio Marra 1894–1978 · photographer -
Donato Marra 1940– · politician -
Michael Marra 1952–2012 · singer-songwriter -
Peter P. Marra 1953– · scientist -
Marco Marra 1966– · geneticist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 116 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marra.
- Marque 172 · U.S. census
- Marques 6,386 · U.S. census
- Marquet 236 · U.S. census
- Marquette 2,488 · U.S. census
- Marquez 79,951 · U.S. census
- Marquis 8,449 · U.S. census
- Marras 109 · U.S. census
- Marre 232 · U.S. census
- Marret 104 · U.S. census
- Marrie 254 · U.S. census
- Marrier 246 · U.S. census
- Marro 1,518 · U.S. census
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