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Marlow


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Origin Of The Surname Marlow

Meaning Of The Surname Marlow

From the Town by the Empty Lake

Interesting Facts About Marlow

Marlow is a locational surname, coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English ‘mere’ meaning lake. The ‘low’ element refers to a lake which has been drained leaving only boggy land. Towns with this name would have been originally built next to such an area.

Marlow Statistics

Marlow is the number 1099 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 9,344 share the surname Marlow in the UK.

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