Marland

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Marland (countable and uncountable, plural Marlands)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A town in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States, named after E. W. Marland.

Derived terms

• Peters Marland

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marland is the 44423^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 484 individuals. Marland is most common among White (95.87%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 519.