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

Marius, 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 Marius surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Marius in America

Marius is the 50196th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Marius surname appeared 417 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 Marius.

We can also compare 2010 data for Marius 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 Marius

The surname Marius has its origins in ancient Rome, where it was derived from the Latin name Marius, meaning "male" or "masculine." This name was particularly prominent during the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire.

Marius is believed to have first emerged as a cognomen, or a personal surname, in the gens Maria, one of the oldest patrician families in Rome. The most famous bearer of this name was Gaius Marius (157 BC - 86 BC), a Roman general and statesman who served as consul an unprecedented seven times.

The name Marius can be traced back to various historical records and manuscripts from ancient Rome, including the writings of Plutarch, Sallust, and Cicero. It is also mentioned in inscriptions and epitaphs found throughout the Roman Empire.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the surname Marius dates back to the 1st century AD, when it appears in the Monumentum Ancyranum, a monumental inscription commissioned by the Roman Emperor Augustus. Other notable individuals with the surname Marius include Marcus Marius (fl. 2nd century AD), a Roman philosopher and teacher, and Caius Marius Victorinus (c. 300 - 362 AD), a Roman grammarian and rhetorician.

During the Middle Ages, the surname Marius was widespread throughout Europe, particularly in Italy, France, and Spain. It often appeared in various forms, such as Mario, Mario, and Marí, reflecting local linguistic variations and spellings.

Prominent figures with the surname Marius include Albertus Marius (1477 - 1543), a German mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics, and Simon Marius (1573 - 1624), a German astronomer and the discoverer of the Moons of Jupiter.

In later centuries, the surname Marius continued to be used across Europe, with notable bearers such as the French philosopher and writer Victor Marius (1792 - 1867) and the Italian painter and sculptor Marius Pictor (1808 - 1883).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Marius

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

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 Marius 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 Marius 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 Marius was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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