Marriage Surname
Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname
Marriage Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. The spelling is evidently imitative, and the suffix should probably be -ridge, as in Coleridge, Ridgway, Brownrigg, &c.
1616. Thomas Egerton and Alice Marriage (Warwickshire): Marriage Lic.
Read More About This SurnameMarriage Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 503 | 1:110,771 | 11,442 |
| United States | 287 | 1:1,262,923 | 89,039 |
| Australia | 237 | 1:113,906 | 12,650 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 311 | 1:78,377 | 8,472 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Marriage (53) may also be a first name.
Marriage Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. The spelling is evidently imitative, and the suffix should probably be -ridge, as in Coleridge, Ridgway, Brownrigg, &c.
1616. Thomas Egerton and Alice Marriage (Warwickshire): Marriage Lic. (London).
1626. Samuel Marredge (Middlesex) and Margaret Legge: ibid.
1709. Married — Stephen Marridge and Susanna Browning: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) doubtless a place-name: the suff. is prob. for -ridge or -w)ich; the first element representing either Old English mǽre, ‘boundary,’ or Old English mere, ‘lake.’ But note Old English mǽr-hege, ‘boundary- hedge.’
From some place ending in wich or wick; from Anglo-Saxon wic, wic, a dwelling-place, habitation, village, street. compare Babbage, Burbage, Image, Markquick, Pillage, Pottage, Prestige, Smallage, Spinnage.
A location name in Devon Or from the French, Mariage; from the Danish, Manager; a personal name.
William Marriage of Bromfield, where the name is still represented, owned the manor of Fulbornes, in the parish of Great Lees, in the early part of last century (M.).
Marriage Demographics
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Marriage Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Marriage Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Marriage is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Marriage? popularity and diffusion
The surname Marriage is the 310,170th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,997,980 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Marriage live; 43 percent live in Northern Europe and 43 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 53 people.
The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 110,771. In England Marriage is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 21 percent are found, Essex, where 17 percent are found and Berkshire, where 6 percent are found. Aside from England this last name exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 20 percent are found.
Marriage Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Marriage has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Marriage last name rose 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 3,189 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Marriage Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Marriage surname are 8.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Marriage earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.37% less than the national average, earning $42,556 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.76% less than the national average, earning $46,820 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marriages | 94 | 14 | / |
| Mariage | 93 | 2,892 | / |
| Marriaga | 88 | 9,040 | / |
| Mariager | 88 | 478 | / |
| Mariages | 88 | 111 | / |
| Mariange | 88 | 5 | / |
| Mariaghe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Marriace | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mauriange | 82 | 245 | / |
| Marriasey | 82 | 0 | / |
| Mariaga | 80 | 422 | / |
| Meriage | 80 | 44 | / |
| Marioge | 80 | 36 | / |
| Mariase | 80 | 24 | / |
| Mariaje | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mariagi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mariangi | 75 | 109 | / |
| Mariaggi | 75 | 31 | / |
| Moriange | 75 | 26 | / |
| Maryange | 75 | 9 | / |
| Mariaseh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Morriase | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maureage | 75 | 1 | / |
| Marioghe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mariajes | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mairiaga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mariacher | 71 | 1,075 | / |
| Marioghae | 71 | 96 | / |
| Marianggi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Marioghee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mariaasee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Marioza | 67 | 98 | / |
| Marioga | 67 | 66 | / |
| Mariasi | 67 | 64 | / |
| Mariasy | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mariose | 67 | 24 | / |
| Mariaza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Moriaga | 67 | 8 | / |
| Moriaze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mariaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moriase | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maryaga | 67 | 1 | / |
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