Last Name MARSHALL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The marshal, i.e. farrier. Like the smith, the marshal was a necessity in every center or population. Hence it is found in all counties. In the course of time marshal began to be associated solely with the military title. A name of office - master of the horse, anciently, one who had command of all persons not above princes. Teutonic, 'Marschalk;' French, 'Mareschal.'

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, French, Polish, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Maltese, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Pakistani

Rank	125 (2000 US census)	119 (1990 US census)

Count	177,213 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

68.89%, or 122082 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
26.35%, or 46696 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 744 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.88%, or 1559 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.82%, or 3225 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.64%, or 2906 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.