# Mak (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,170 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,555 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,719 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (4,283 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Cantonese 麥／麦 (mak6). * As a Polish surname, borrowed from Polish Mak, or shortened from Polish Makary. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Ukrainian Макар (Makar). * As a Hungarian surname, shortened from Hungarian Makár.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mak in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mak in the United Kingdom.

## People named Mak

- Alan Mak, British Conservative politician

## Similar surnames

Mack, Mackey, Mackay, Maki, Mackie, Mauk, Moak, Macke, Mac, Macko, Makki, Mask.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.