Marley meaning | Last name Marley origin

Following is the meaning of Marley surname. Family name Marley is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Marley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Angola
Meaning: In France, the name is very rare and carried into the Channel. This should be a place name, variant Marlay (see Marlay and Marly). More common in England, it is also a place name, name of various localities.

Marley is used as a family name or surname in Angola languages. Marley has 6 characters long in length.

Marley is common in Angola country(ies).

Marley is ranked 18074 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Marley bearers increased by 2.386831 per cent in 2010 US census to 6220 since 2000, the surname slipped by 320 spots and ranked at 5591. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.27 89.12
Black 6.66 6.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 1.93
Others 2.12 1.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72 0.46
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.51 0.69

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Marley

How popular is Marley?

Marley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 28914 people have been found who wears Marley as their family name. Marley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,892 Senegal9
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
5,779 Uganda4
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
15,956 Venezuela3
2,720 South Korea3
14,193 Egypt3
35,184 Poland3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
5,332 Estonia3
1,418 Madagascar3
338 Cape Verde3
5,443 Dominican Republic2
9,272 Ecuador2
28,232 Morocco2
1,118 Isle of Man2
2,401 Honduras2
3,437 Sudan2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

During the great famine, 20 years old Margth. Marley who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 8, 1846 by John Baring put out from Liverpool. John Marley, aged 2, 35 years old Michael Marley, Workman Thomas Marley, Mrs Marley (30) Workwoman, Born at sea Richard Marley, 27 years old Mary Marley, William Marley, aged 24, Mary Marley (24) , and 28 other Marley around 73.68% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Celebrities having Marley surname

Cedella Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, writer, fashion designer and actress
Bob Marley Singer-songwriter
Rita Marley Singer
Armani Marley Actor
Bob Marley Singer-songwriter
Bob Marley Comedian
Peverell Marley Cinematographer
Ky-Mani Marley Bob Marley's son
Bob Marley Singer-songwriter
Cedella Marley Singer
Sharon Marley Singer

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