The Marrero surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,109 people carried this name — #1,706 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,000 people counted. That is up 26% from 16,783 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,506 people named Marrero 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 971
City of Buenos Aires 227
Córdoba 60
Chubut 58
La Pampa 45
Neuquén 40
Santa Fe 34
San Luis 33

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

40 people named Marrero live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 28
Geneva 9
Aargau 3

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 print

Marrero in American newspapers,
1904–1921.

Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Marrero
Rock Island Argus 1904-07-19
Newspaper page from The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union carrying the name Marrero
The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union 1921-03-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,490 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marrero,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lawrence Marrero
    Lawrence Marrero 1900–1959 · percussionist
  • Connie Marrero
    Connie Marrero 1911–2014 · baseball player
  • Roberta Marrero
    Roberta Marrero 1972–2024 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Roberta Marrero: Roberta Marrero, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Marrero,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States574 records

574 records of the Marrero name in the United States
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 225
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 171
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 89
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 66
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Darius M. Marrero

    Born 1928; from Belmont County, Ohio. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea. Buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Antonio M. Marrero

    Born 1900. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; waiter from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1954, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jose Marrero

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Matanzas from Ponce; laborer. From Spain.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 574 records for Marrero in the United States.

Counts: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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Surnames next to Marrero.

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