Markl

surname · Latin script

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

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

Markl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 61K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7M
  • ATAustria≈1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Märkl in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Markl 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 Markl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 61K—Märkl81
AT Austria≈580 est.≈1 in 15K—Markl51
US United States1921 in 1.7M197Markl115
CZ Czechia1341 in 80K135—2
SI Slovenia571 in 37K57—1
CH Switzerland521 in 162K52Markl7

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (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).

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

Markl is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Märkl, Mãrkl

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Märkl

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Märkl

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Märkl

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary

    Also written Märkl

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Märkl

22 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Karl Markl, b. 1827Hubert Markl, b. 1938August Markl, b. 1948Hugo Markl, b. 1964Nuno Markl, b. 1971Volker Markl, b. 1971G. Markl, b. 1971Dominik Markl, b. 1979Manfred Markl, b. 2000

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Markl, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Markl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000197#87,729
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010192#95,115
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020182#104,723
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—135#6,757
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—134#12,712
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—57#6,958
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202452#18,109
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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

How do you pronounce Markl?
A machine transcription gives /maʁkl/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Markl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Markl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled märkl.
How common is the name Markl?
In the United States, the national register counted 192 people named Markl in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.

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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, “Markl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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