Märin
surname · Latin script
Märin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country, where it is the 33rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Latin Marīnus, from marīnus (“of or pertaining to the sea”).
- CRCosta Rica1 in 126(measured from records)
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 349
- COColombia≈1 in 388
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
- #456 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 407 (measured from records)
- 1 in 126 (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Marin in US United States, VE Venezuela, CO Colombia and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- LatinMarīnus(measured from records)
- Latin rootmarīnus“of or pertaining to the sea”(measured from records)
From Latin Marīnus, from marīnus (“of or pertaining to the sea”).
Sources 10
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Märin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO Colombia | #33 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 388 | 7 | Marin | 196 |
| ES Spain | #38 | 108,047 | 1 in 463 | 108K | Marin | 223 |
| VE Venezuela | #59 | ≈82,000 est. | ≈1 in 349 | — | Marin | 99 |
| RO Romania | #162 | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 482 | — | Marin | 87 |
| US United States | #827 | 43,904 | 1 in 7.6K | 44K | Marin | 407 |
| CR Costa Rica | #35 | 40,520 | 1 in 126 | 41K | Marin | 114 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Märin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Finnish, superlative degree of märkä
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Märin mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Marīnus, from marīnus (“of or pertaining to the sea”). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 8 other sources.
- In which country does Märin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 127 thousand people named Märin in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marin.
- Where is Märin most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Märin is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 126 people — even though Colombia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Märin?
- In Spain, the national register counted 108,047 people named Märin, about 1 in 463 residents.
- How common is Märin compared with other names?
- In Colombia, Märin is the 33rd most common surname of 144,306 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Märin” — the 33rd most common surname in Colombia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.