Markway Surname

624,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 491 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Markway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Markway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4891:741,22558,038
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Markway Last Name Facts

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

The surname Markway is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Markway.

How Common Is The Last Name Markway? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 624,505th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,842,252 people. The last name Markway occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Markway live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 489 people, or 1 in 741,225. In The United States Markway is most frequent in: Missouri, where 72 percent are found, Louisiana, where 7 percent are found and Kansas, where 4 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 0 percent are found and South Korea, where 0 percent are found.

Markway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Markway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Markway last name grew 8,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Markway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Markway are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Markway earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.32% more than the national average, earning $47,602 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Markwa9214/
Markwas8658/
Markwaj861/
Markwai861/
Merkwa7796/
Margwa7719/
Markua7717/
Markwe778/
Markwi772/
Morkwa772/
Markwei711,554/
Marquay71123/
Marguay71104/
Markwed7121/
Mmarkwe713/
Mharqwa711/
Margwat711/
Marquaye67914/
Markwich6741/
Morkwuye6721/
Moorkwap677/
Markkuea671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Markway
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