Marriage Surname

310,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Greenland

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.

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Marriage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5031:110,77111,442
United States2871:1,262,92389,039
Australia2371:113,90612,650
Canada721:511,74443,418
India411:18,708,912282,725
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Wales61:515,75523,171
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3111:78,3778,472
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A location name in Devon Or from the French, Mariage; from the Danish, Manager; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marriages9414/
Mariage932,892/
Marriaga889,040/
Mariager88478/
Mariages88111/
Mariange885/
Mariaghe881/
Marriace881/
Mauriange82245/
Marriasey820/
Mariaga80422/
Meriage8044/
Marioge8036/
Mariase8024/
Mariaje804/
Mariagi802/
Mariangi75109/
Mariaggi7531/
Moriange7526/
Maryange759/
Mariaseh751/
Morriase751/
Maureage751/
Marioghe751/
Mariajes751/
Mairiaga751/
Mariacher711,075/
Marioghae7196/
Marianggi714/
Marioghee711/
Mariaasee711/
Marioza6798/
Marioga6766/
Mariasi6764/
Mariasy6726/
Mariose6724/
Mariaza6710/
Moriaga678/
Moriaze671/
Mariaji671/
Moriase671/
Maryaga671/

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