Find out how popular the last name Mariana is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Mariana.

Mariana, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Mariana surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mariana in America

Mariana is the 71042nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mariana surname appeared 275 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Mariana.

We can also compare 2010 data for Mariana to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Mariana

The surname Mariana has its origins in Spain and Portugal, where it was derived from the Latin name "Maria". This name was often used to refer to the Virgin Mary, and thus became a popular name for Christian families in these regions.

The earliest recorded use of the surname Mariana can be traced back to the 13th century in medieval Spanish records. One notable example is Pedro Mariana, a Spanish historian and Jesuit priest who lived from 1536 to 1624. He is known for his influential work, "Historia de España", which chronicled the history of Spain.

In Portugal, the surname Mariana can be found in records dating back to the 15th century. One prominent individual with this surname was Marcos Mariana, a 16th-century Portuguese explorer and navigator who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan on his famous circumnavigation of the globe.

The surname Mariana is also associated with several place names in Spain and Portugal. For instance, the village of Mariana in the province of Cuenca, Spain, and the town of Mariana in the Algarve region of Portugal, both likely contributed to the spread of this surname.

As the Spanish and Portuguese empires expanded, the surname Mariana was carried to various parts of the world, including Latin America and the Philippines. Notable individuals with this surname include Ernesto Mariana, a Cuban writer and journalist who lived from 1892 to 1974, and Mariana Bracetti, a Puerto Rican revolutionary who fought for independence from Spain in the late 19th century.

Another famous bearer of the surname Mariana was Francisco Mariana de Lebrija, a 16th-century Spanish humanist and scholar who made significant contributions to the study of Latin and Greek literature.

While the exact origin of the surname Mariana is not entirely clear, it is evident that it has a rich history spanning several centuries and cultures, with roots firmly planted in the Iberian Peninsula.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mariana

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Mariana.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Mariana was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Mariana has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Mariana was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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