The Mary surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,547 people carried this name — #18,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is down 30% from 2,215 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,190 people named Mary.
130 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 101 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 747 people named Mary 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.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 99 people named Mary 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
70 people named Mary live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Mary,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hippolyte Mary-Raynaud 1844–2000 · politician
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Jules Mary 1851–1922 · writer -
Nicolas Mary 1610–1652 · actor
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Jacques-François Mary 1750–1833 · military officer
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Louis-Charles Mary 1791–1870 · architect
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Benjamin Mary 1792–1846 · diplomat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mary.
- Martz 8,250 · U.S. census
- Marut 429 · U.S. census
- Marville 115 · U.S. census
- Marvin 10,310 · U.S. census
- Marx 11,716 · U.S. census
- Marxer 134 · U.S. census
- Marye 218 · U.S. census
- Maryniak 118 · U.S. census
- Marze 248 · U.S. census
- Marzec 1,016 · U.S. census
- Marzi 130 · U.S. census
- Marzo 665 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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