Marks Family History
Marks Name Meaning
English and Dutch: patronymic from Mark 1.English: variant of Mark 2.German and Jewish (western
Ashkenazic): reduced form of Markus, German spelling of
Marcus (see Mark 1).
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Name Distribution of Marks Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Marks families
 583 - 1,164  195 - 582 |
 1 - 194  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Marks families
|
902 - 1,802 301 - 901 |
1 - 300 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Marks families
|
37 - 72 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Marks census records
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Marks Family Origin
Marks Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Marks
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Marks Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Marks census records
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Marks Civil War Service Records
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