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

Marmet, 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 Marmet surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Marmet in America

Marmet is the 98099th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Marmet surname appeared 185 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 Marmet.

We can also compare 2010 data for Marmet 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 Marmet

The surname MARMET originated in France in the 12th century. It is derived from the old French word "marmot", which referred to a young person or child. The name likely developed as a nickname or descriptive term for someone who was small in stature or had a youthful appearance.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the MARMET name appears in the Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Père de Chartres, a manuscript from the 12th century that contains records of land transactions and property ownership in the region around Chartres, France. In this document, a person named Renaud Marmet is mentioned as a landowner in the year 1180.

The MARMET name can also be found in the Livre des Bourgeois de Rouen, a register of citizens in the city of Rouen, France, dating back to the 13th century. In this record, a man named Guillaume Marmet is listed as a resident of Rouen in the year 1245.

In the 14th century, a notable figure with the MARMET surname was Jean Marmet, a French lawyer and judge who served as a member of the Parlement de Paris, one of the highest courts in the kingdom, from 1350 to 1375.

During the Renaissance, a prominent MARMET was Pierre Marmet, a French humanist scholar and poet who lived from 1455 to 1508. He was known for his translations of classical Greek and Latin texts, as well as his own poetry in Latin.

Another historically significant individual with the MARMET name was Jacques Marmet, a French Huguenot minister and theologian who lived from 1596 to 1668. He was a prolific writer and played a role in the religious conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in 17th-century France.

Over time, the MARMET name spread beyond France to other parts of Europe and eventually to other continents through emigration. However, its origins can be traced back to the French regions of Normandy, Île-de-France, and the surrounding areas, where it first emerged as a surname in the Middle Ages.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Marmet

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

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

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