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    The surname Markley

    A surname, carried by 7,581 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M624

    Markley: #4,679 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Markley #4,679, 7,581 people Markley: #4,679 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Markley #4,679, 7,581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markley is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,581 people named Markley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,726 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,176.

    #4,679
    rank among US surnames
    7,581
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,538)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,675Donley7,58940,683
    #4,676Cassell7,58740,694
    #4,678Matheson7,58540,705
    #4,679Minnick7,58140,726

    Who is named Markley

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

    93% of people named Markley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Markley

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Markley?
    7,581 people in the United States had the surname Markley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,726 Americans. It ranked 4,679th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Markley?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Markley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Markley getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,581 in 2010, up 5.6%.