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The MARES surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 12,041 2751 0.004 45
United States (1880 census) 569 8711 0.001 11
Change since 1880 +11472 +5960 +0.003 +34
Other Countries
Australia 95 14907 0.001 6
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MARES by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 3,235 1058 0.016 155
California 2,678 1630 0.008 79
Colorado 1,145 584 0.027 266
New Mexico 965 229 0.053 530
Illinois 539 3202 0.004 43
Top States for MARES by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Mexico 965 229 0.053 530
Colorado 1,145 584 0.027 266
Texas 3,235 1058 0.016 155
Nebraska 154 1847 0.009 90
California 2,678 1630 0.008 79

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MARES live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MARES represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MARES in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MARES by picking someone at random in New Mexico than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MARES

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MARES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MARES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MARES in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 75 0.62
Native American/Alaskan 63 0.52
Black/African American 57 0.47
Asian/Pacific 30 0.25
White (Hispanic) 9,455 78.52
White (Caucasian) 2,362 19.62

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MARES surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MARES in historical publications

MARES. Scot, from Fr. marais. A marsh.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to MARES

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MARES.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MARES

The following words are slight variants of MARES that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.