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Mar Surname Meaning

Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Asturian-Leonese, and Catalan: topographic name for someone living by the sea from mar ‘sea’ (from Latin mare). German: nickname from Middle High German mar(w) ‘tender, delicate’ or an altered form of Mahr, a topographic name from mar ‘lake, swamp, stagnant water’.

Hungarian (Már): from a short form of the personal name Márkus or Márk, Hungarian forms of Marcus and Mark; or possibly from the personal name Márton, Hungarian form of Martin.

Scottish: variant of Marr. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 馬, see Ma.

Burmese: from a personal name usually forming part of a compound name from mar ‘healthy, firm’. — Note: Since Burmese do not have hereditary surnames, this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Mar. 73% of Mar women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    73%
  • Housewife
    5%
  • Barmaid
    5%
  • Unemployed Domestic Servant
    5%

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