Marlowe Surname

49,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Marlowe Surname Definition:

(English) One who me from Marlow (lake remains), in Buckinghamshire; dweller at the hill by the lake.

Marlowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,1591:39,5744,876
England4671:119,31112,110
Canada2821:130,65813,594
Australia821:329,21628,102
South Africa691:785,18453,751
Jamaica331:86,9683,873
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Sweden171:579,22142,433
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Wales101:309,45316,869
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belize11:355,4743,977
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guam11:160,1214,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland241:184,5789,087
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Marlowe (3,860) may also be a first name.

Marlowe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who me from Marlow (lake remains), in Buckinghamshire; dweller at the hill by the lake.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A town and a parish in Buckinghamshire, and a township in Herefordshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Marlowe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Marlowe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Marlowe (Arabic: مارلو) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Marlowe? popularity and diffusion

Marlowe is the 49,960th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 708,492 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Marlowe are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Marlowe is also the 113,014th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 3,860 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 9,159 people, or 1 in 39,574. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 14 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Marlowe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Marlowe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 13,670 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,506 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 8 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Marlowe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States Marlowe are 15.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.69% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Marlowe earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 5.42% more than the national average, earning R 250,512 per year; in United States they earn 2.52% less than the national average, earning $42,060 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17% more than the national average, earning $58,127 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Marlowe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Marlowe in the Arabic language
مارلوmarlw-

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