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    The surname Marland

    An English place surname, carried by 484 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M645

    Marland: #44,423 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Marland #44,423, 484 people Marland: #44,423 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Marland #44,423, 484 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marland is more common than 72.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Marland is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 484 people named Marland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 637,904 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

    #44,423
    rank among US surnames
    484
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #40,552)

    Who is named Marland

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

    96% of people named Marland identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Marland

    Marland has the Soundex code M645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M645.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Marland come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + land (“land, estate”).
    How common is the surname Marland?
    484 people in the United States had the surname Marland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 637,904 Americans. It ranked 44,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Marland?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Marland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Marland?
    Marland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Marland getting more or less common?
    Less common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 484 in 2010, down 4.7%.