How common is the surname Markland?

2,829 people in the United States had the surname Markland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Markland getting more or less common?

More common. 2,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Markland

A surname, carried by 2,829 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markland is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

From Old Norse, coined by Leif Ericson, circa 1000 AD, compound of mark + land.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,829 people named Markland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,394.

#11,179

rank among US surnames

2,829

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+18.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,971)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213

Who is named Markland

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Markland identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Markland

Markland has the Soundex code M624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M624.

Questions

Where does the surname Markland come from?: From Old Norse, coined by Leif Ericson, circa 1000 AD, compound of mark + land.
How common is the surname Markland?: 2,829 people in the United States had the surname Markland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Markland?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Markland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Markland getting more or less common?: More common. 2,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 18%.