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    The surname Makar

    A surname, carried by 1,236 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    Makar: #21,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Makar #21,228, 1,236 people Makar: #21,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Makar #21,228, 1,236 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Makar is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,236 people named Makar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,173.

    #21,228
    rank among US surnames
    1,236
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,916)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,228Corle1,236249,794
    #21,237Tillson1,235249,996

    Who is named Makar

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Makar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Makars

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Oksana Makar
      2012 murder in Ukraine

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Makar

    Makar has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Makar?
    1,236 people in the United States had the surname Makar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. It ranked 21,228th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Makar?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Makar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Makar?
    Oksana Makar, 2012 murder in Ukraine.
    Where is the surname Makar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Makar in Ukraine.
    Is the surname Makar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,173 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,236 in 2010, up 5.4%.