Markunas Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Markunas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Markunas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4311:840,97264,213
Poland701:542,98251,331
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
Russia501:2,882,461158,532
Ukraine281:1,625,811125,303
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Latvia31:683,34934,074
England21:27,859,030389,889
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Markūnas (72) are calculated separately.

Markunas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Markunas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Markunas (Russian: Маркунас) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Markūnas. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Markunas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 490,085th most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Markunas are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Markunas is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 840,972. In The United States Markunas is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 14 percent reside and Illinois, where 13 percent reside. Outside of The United States Markunas is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.

Markunas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Markunas last name are 0.34999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.88% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Markunas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.62% more than the national average, earning $44,709 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.07% less than the national average, earning $47,165 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Markunas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Markunas in the Russian language
Маркунасmarkunas-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Markunas
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