Markaj
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as a patronymic
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑɹkaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Markaj is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 12K(measured from records)
- HRCroatia1 in 62K
- SISlovenia1 in 234K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- 1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
709 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname originating as a patronymic
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Markaj counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | — | 709 | 1 in 12K | 709 | Markaj | 10 |
| HR Croatia | — | 68 | 1 in 62K | 68 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 28 | 1 in 419K | 28 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 18 | 1 in 960K | 18 | — | 4 |
| PL Poland | — | 10 | 1 in 3.8M | 5 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 9 | 1 in 234K | 9 | — | 1 |
| AL Albania | #721 | — | — | — | Markaj | 28 |
709 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 709 | #1,776 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 68 | #10,679 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 65 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 28 | #38,610 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 18 | #51,840 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 9 | #20,688 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #201,606 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #203,519 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Markaj mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as a patronymic Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Markaj?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑɹkaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Markaj have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 709 people named Markaj, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled markaj.
- Where is Markaj most common?
- Markaj is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Markaj?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 709 people named Markaj in 2024, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Markaj compared with other names?
- In Albania, Markaj is the 721st most common surname of 16,055 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/markajThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Markaj” — the 721st most common surname in Albania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.