Marsters

surname · English · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Marsters is a surname, most frequently recorded in Australia. In Cook Islands it is the 8th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Norfolk. see Masters ; compare William Marster, 1559 in PROB 11 (Chilton, Wilts).

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia1 in 83K◐
  • USUnited States1 in 726K
  • CKCook Islands1 in 895

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈460 ●

across 2 countries

Sources
130 ●

6.4K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 726K ◐

United States

Meaning & origin●

Main GB Location (1881): Norfolk. see Masters ; compare William Marster, 1559 in PROB 11 (Chilton, Wilts). Further information: Marsters is the predominant surname on Palmerston Island, Cook Islands, South Pacific, deriving from a settler and owner reputedly born in Leics.

Sources 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Marsters is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AU Australia—1,019934 rec.——Marsters52
GB United Kingdom—744646 rec.——Marsters47
US United States—4584K rec.1 in 726K489Marsters130
NZ New Zealand—372224 rec.——Marsters41
CA Canada—176168 rec.——Marsters21
CK Cook Islands#8351 rec.—169Marsters3
CN China—3234 rec.——Marsters1
LB Lebanon—2730 rec.——Marsters1
TR Türkiye—2627 rec.——Marsters2
BR Brazil—2424 rec.——Marsters2
CO Colombia—2323 rec.——Marsters2
RU Russia—2020 rec.——Marsters3

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English6.5K84%
  • Welsh2283%
  • Spanish1933%
  • Portuguese881%
  • 841%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English6,49584%
Welsh2283%
Spanish1933%
Portuguese881%
841%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Notable people with this name●

1700180019002000Nathaniel Marsters, b. 1758Charles E. Marsters, b. 1883Tom Marsters, b. 1945James Marsters, b. 1962Sylvia Marsters, b. 1962Nathan Marsters, b. 1980Ashley Marsters, b. 1993Esan Marsters, b. 1996Steven Marsters, b. 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 11 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Marsters
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020489#46,865
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010458#46,487
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000448#45,078
CK Cook IslandsCook Islands Electoral Rolls (2022 General Election + 2024 Pa Enua)2022169#1
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#363,593
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#358,533
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 9 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marsters?
We estimate roughly 460 people bear Marsters (counting its spellings and scripts) across 2 countries in our records.
In which country does Marsters have the most bearers?
Marsters is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled marsters.
How common is Marsters compared with other names?
In Cook Islands, Marsters is the 8th most common surname of 291 surnames recorded there.
What does the name Marsters mean?
Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Norfolk. see Masters ; compare William Marster, 1559 in PROB 11 (Chilton, Wilts).
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marsters” — the 8th most common surname in Cook Islands. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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