Mák Surname

351,042nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,039 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Mák Surname User-submission:

The Mák surname means 'poppy seeds'.

Mák Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,0051:9,7671,128
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

The alternate forms: Mak (146,517) are calculated separately.

Mák Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Mák surname means 'poppy seeds'.

- makiris
DNA test information

Mák Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mák is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Mak. Click here for other potential spellings of Mák.

How Common Is The Last Name Mák? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 351,042nd most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,014,000 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mák are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

It is most common in Hungary, where it is carried by 1,005 people, or 1 in 9,767. In Hungary Mák is primarily found in: Budapest, where 20 percent live, Nógrád County, where 15 percent live and Pest County, where 12 percent live. Other than Hungary this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 1 percent live and Slovakia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mak89146,517/
Maák869/
Máck861/
Maňák751,051/
Maľák7563/
Mahák758/
Mok67109,646/
Máková6752/
Mók6725/
Mág6723/
Mác6713/
Mck671/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mák
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