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) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Markūnas. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Markunas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 490,085th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. This surname 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.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 840,972. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 16 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 14 percent are found and Illinois, where 13 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Markunas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Markunas last name are 0.34999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.88% registered with the 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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