Last Name MARLIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	5,858 (2000 US census)	5,577 (1990 US census)

Count	5,415 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

84.88%, or 4596 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.9%, or 482 total occurrences, as black,
0.35%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.83%, or 45 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.53%, or 83 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.51%, or 190 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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