# Marland (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/marland/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 484 |
| US rank (2010) | 44,423 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 637,904 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.7% (508 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + land (“land, estate”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Marland in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Moreland, Maryland, Marlin, Morlan, Merlino, Merlin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.