Explore the Family Name Marshell

The meaning of Marshell

English: variant of Marshall.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Marshell in the United States?

The surname "Marshell" saw a decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the name Marshell was ranked 44,027 in popularity but fell to a rank of 50,106 in 2010, representing a decline of 13.81 percent. The total count of people with the Marshell surname also dropped from 461 in 2000 to 418 in 2010, a reduction of 9.33 percent. The proportional representation per 100,000 people with the Marshell surname also fell by 17.65 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,027	#50,106	-13.81%
Count	461	418	-9.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.14	-17.65%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Marshell

According to the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the Marshell surname is most commonly associated with Black and White ethnic identities. From 2000 to 2010, there was a slight decrease in the percentages for both Black (from 49.02 to 44.26 percent) and White (from 44.90 to 44.74 percent) individuals carrying the Marshell surname. However, there was a significant increase in the percentage of those identifying with two or more races, which rose from 1.95 percent in 2000 to 5.50 percent in 2010. The percentage of Hispanics with the last name Marshell also decreased slightly from 3.69 percent in 2000 to 3.59 percent in 2010. The data does not show any individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity with the Marshell surname for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	44.9%	44.74%	-0.36%
Black	49.02%	44.26%	-9.71%
Two or More Races	1.95%	5.5%	182.05%
Hispanic	3.69%	3.59%	-2.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%