The Markle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,893 people carried this name — #5,858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 5,401 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

Where the name comes from

The origin of the Markle surname

From the given name Mark, as a patronymic, in a diminutive form with the suffix -le and umlaut.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (de.wiktionary.org, the German edition) — entry «Märkle», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from German and condensed.

In print

Markle in American newspapers,
1907–1920.

Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Markle
The Glasgow Courier 1920-04-30
Newspaper page from The L'anse Sentinel carrying the name Markle
The L'anse Sentinel 1907-05-11
Newspaper page from The Glasgow Courier carrying the name Markle
The Glasgow Courier 1916-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,120 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Markle in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

121 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Markle. The most, 32, date from the 1880s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 38
Victoria 37
South Australia 21
Queensland 18
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Markle.

Who carried it

People named Markle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alvan Markle
    Alvan Markle 1861–1931 · engineer
  • Arnold Markle d. 1987 · prosecutor
  • Abraham Markle 1770–1826 · businessperson
  • John Markle 1858–1933 · business executive
  • Mary Estelle Robinson 1863–1927 · philanthropist
  • George B. Markle 1864–1923

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Markle,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States612 records

612 records of the Markle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 248
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 96
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 94
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 39
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Carl Markle

    Born 1946; from Commerce City, Colorado. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert J. Markle

    Born 1921 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; schoolteacher from Suffolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Markle

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Zurich from Havre, aged 19; cultivator. From Baden, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 612 records for Markle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany65 records

65 records of the Markle name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Märkle

    From Lustnau, Tübingen. Reported wounded in the Württemberg casualty list of 20 May 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 247).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Walter Märkle

    From Stuttgart. Reported wounded in the Württemberg casualty list of 11 September 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 475).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Märkle

    From Lustnau, Tübingen. Reported dead in the Württemberg casualty list of 14 January 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 65 records for Markle in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada36 records

36 records of the Markle name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alwilda Bell Markle

    Buried in 1976 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sophia Markle

    Married 1778 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Ross Markle

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 36 records for Markle in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands17 records

17 records of the Markle name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 9
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 8
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christina Ella Carolina Markle

    Born 1901 in 's-Gravenhage. Married in 1929 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Georg Heinrich Märkle

    Born 1895 in 's-Gravenhage. Married in 1917 in 's-Gravenhage; goldsmith.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Waldemar Märkle

    In the population register of Utrecht; born 1890 in Frankenthal, Germany.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Markle in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Markle name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record W. H. Markle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1920 aboard the Paloona, aged 47.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Markle

    Held a land order in Queensland in 1862.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Markle name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lore Markle

    Born 1925 in Germany; died 1998 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Markle name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Johan Sverre Markle

    Census of 1910: Nordli nedre, Stange; born 1908 in Stange.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Markle.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Markle is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Markle volume
Scroll to Top