Last Name MARKS

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Meaning	The son of Mark. In many cases Marks (and Marx) is a variant or March. Mark was a rare personal name in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Maltese, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank	644 (2000 US census)	647 (1990 US census)

Count	48,281 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.35%, or 39277 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.47%, or 6503 total occurrences, as black,
0.58%, or 280 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.9%, or 435 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.82%, or 879 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.89%, or 913 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

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