The surname Makris
A Greek surname, carried by 1,524 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M262
Origin
Greek origin
Borrowed from Greek Μακρής (Makrís).
One of 45 Greek surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,524 people named Makris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,455.
Who is named Makris
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Makris identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Makris
Makris has the Soundex code M262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M262.
Other Greek surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Makris come from?
- Borrowed from Greek Μακρής (Makrís).
- How common is the surname Makris?
- 1,524 people in the United States had the surname Makris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. It ranked 18,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Makris?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Makris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Makris getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,524 in 2010, up 4.7%.