Mar is a Chinese and Scottish surname.

Origins

Mar may be a variant spelling of: * Mǎ (), a Chinese surname meaning "horse" *

Marr Marr (Scottish Gaelic: ''Màrr'') is one of six committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has a population of 34,038 (2001 Census). Someone from Marr is called a ''Màrnach'' in Scottish Gaelic. Etymology The genesis of the name ''Mar ...

, a

Scottish surname Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country. History The earliest surnames found in Scotland occur during the reign of David I, King of Scots (1124–53). These were ...

that originated as a

habitational surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

, from

in Aberdeenshire

Statistics

According to statistics cited by

Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated at Ardingly College, ...

, as of 2011 there were 81 people on the island of

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ...

and one on the island of

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

with the surname Mar. In 1881 there had been 54 people with the surname in Great Britain. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servi ...

found 5,375 people with the surname Mar, making it the 6,342nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 4,327 (7,120th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In the 2010 census, about 13% of bearers of the surname identified as

White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White o ...

, 49% as

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

, and 30% as Hispanic.

Notable people

* Kathy Mar (born 1951), American guitarist *

Eric Mar Eric Lee Mar (born August 15, 1962) is an American politician. He served on the San Francisco Board of Education and San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee. In 2008, he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He repres ...

(born 1962), American politician of Chinese descent * Gary Mar (born 1962), Canadian businessman of Chinese descent * Curtis Mar (born 1967), Fijian lawn bowler * Sabrina Mar (born ), American gymnast of Chinese descent *

Marcela Mar Marcela Gardeazabal Martínez (born March 16, 1979), better known by her stage name Marcela Mar, is a Colombian actress. Biography She was born in Bogotá, Colombia and started her theater studies at the age of 8 when her parents enrolled he ...

(born Marcela Gardeazabal Martínez, 1979), Colombian actress * Karmen Mar (born 1987), Slovenian chess player * Alex Mar, American writer of Cuban and Greek descent *

Gary R. Mar Gary R. Mar is an American philosopher specializing in logic, the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of language and linguistics, philosophy of science, computational philosop ...

, American philosopher *

Gordon Mar Gordon Mar is an American politician from San Francisco. He has been a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors since 2019, representing District 4. He is the brother of former District 1 supervisor, Eric Mar. District 4 includes the we ...

, American politician * Halldor Mar, Icelandic songwriter

References

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