What We Know About the Marz Surname

Marz is a branch of the Merz name tree. Name scholars give the meaning as “A descendant of Mertz”.

• The 2010 census count for Marz in the United States was 909, good for rank 26,772. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country. Spanish register data show 85 residents carrying Marz as first surname, and 68 as second surname.
• Marz writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Merz, a typical scribal difference.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Merz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Marz surname pack.