Markwat Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Markwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Markwat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2241:75,38912,772
Poland1391:273,44433,454
United States331:10,983,604436,696
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
England51:11,143,612252,590
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Markwat Last Name Facts

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

The last name Markwat is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Markwat? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 660,498th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. The last name Markwat is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Markwat are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 224 people, or 1 in 75,389. In The Netherlands Markwat is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 54 percent are found, North Holland, where 24 percent are found and Zeeland, where 6 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Markwat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Markwat has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Markwat surname expanded 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Markwat Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Markwat surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Markwat earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 12.23% more than the national average, earning R 266,712 per year and in United States they earn 22.29% less than the national average, earning $33,529 USD per year.

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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
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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 Markwat
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