Last Name MARLER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The marler, one who marled fields or who worked in a marl-pit. 'Marke' means a rich earth used for manure.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	4,901 (2000 US census)	4,665 (1990 US census)

Count	6,584 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.15%, or 6265 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.26%, or 17 total occurrences, as black,
0.32%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.18%, or 78 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 86 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.78%, or 117 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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