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The Marx surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,404 people carried this name — #3,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,700 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,728 people named Marx.

93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 66 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 93
Bas-Rhin 441
Moselle 402
Paris 216
Haut-Rhin 130
Meurthe-et-Moselle 70
Marne 55
Vosges 35
Loire 16

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

479 people named Marx live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 92
Valais 65
Bern 58
Thurgau 30
Aargau 27
Basel-Stadt 27
Geneva 24
St. Gallen 22

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 384 people named Marx 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.

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Where they live today

Limburg 183
Liège 106
Luxembourg Province 37
Flemish Brabant 28
Brussels-Capital 16
Antwerp 9
Namur 5

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

In Poland’s population register

80 people named Marx have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 163 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Lower Silesian 21
Silesian 17
Opole 11
Greater Poland 7
Masovian 6
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 5
Subcarpathian 5
Warmian-Masurian 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Marx in American newspapers,
1905–1922.

Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name Marx
The New Haven Union 1905-06-02
Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Marx
Springfield Weekly Republican 1910-06-09
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Marx
The Topeka State Journal 1920-01-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 393,819 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Marx,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adolf Bernhard Marx
    Adolf Bernhard Marx 1795–1866 · writer
  • Jenny von Westphalen
    Jenny von Westphalen 1814–1881 · politician
  • Karl Marx
    Karl Marx 1818–1883 · writer
  • Friedrich Marx
    Friedrich Marx 1830–1905 · writer
  • George Marx
    George Marx 1838–1895 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 173 lives in all are documented under this name.

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