Markas

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Mark

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mɑɹkəz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Markas is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 58K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 133K
  • SESweden1 in 300K

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.

United States (measured from records)

176 people, 2020

Sources
59 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 58K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name, equivalent to English Mark

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Markas 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.

Where Markas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1761 in 1.9M176Markas27
DK Denmark—441 in 133K44——
SE Sweden—341 in 300K34——
ES Spain—241 in 2.1M24—1
PL Poland—91 in 4.3M9——
IS Iceland—61 in 58K6——
LV Latvia—31 in 627K3—2
LT Lithuania#439——listedMarkas59

176 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Markas is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Markaš, Маркаш, Маркас

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Markas is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Indonesian, base, headquarter

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, present of marki

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Markas Luckis, b. 1905Markas Zingeris, b. 1947Markul, b. 1993Markas Beneta, b. 1993
  • Markas Luckisb. 1905ARLithuanian-Argentine chess player (1905-1973)
  • Markas Zingerisb. 1947LTLithuanian poet
  • Markulb. 1993RUnot in their usual nameLatvian-born Russian rapper
  • Markas Benetab. 1993LTLithuanian association football player (born 1993)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Markas जी,Hi Markas, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Markas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Markas mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Mark Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Markas?
In the etymology graph, Mark, Marcos and Marco are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Markas?
A machine transcription gives /mɑɹkəz/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Markas a male or female name?
Markas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Markas have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 176 people named Markas, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled markas.
Where is Markas most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Markas is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 58 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Markas?
In the United States, the national register counted 176 people named Markas in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
How common is Markas compared with other names?
In Lithuania, Markas is the 439th most common given name of 5,944 given names recorded there.

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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, “Markas” — the 439th most common given name in Lithuania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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