How rare is the last name Marlow?

12,433 people in the United States have the last name Marlow, about 1 in 24,041. It ranks #2,817 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

MARLOW

#2,817

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,433
About
1 in 24,041
This common or more
51.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,433 people with the last name Marlow, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Marlow

1 other last name also has 12,433 people.

#2,817 Felder · 12,433

Either side of Marlow

#2,816 Culp · 12,442#2,817 Felder · 12,433#2,819 Pringle · 12,432#2,820 Devlin · 12,430

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marlow, most common first.

#5,329 Marlowe · 6,312#59,374 Marlo · 368

Also a first name

As a first name, Marlow ranks #7,105 of 53,615, with 2,176 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 259 births. See Marlow as a first name

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