How common is the surname Marek?

8,042 people in the United States had the surname Marek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,392 Americans. It ranked 4,420th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Marek?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Marek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Marek getting more or less common?

More common. 7,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,042 in 2010, up 7.0%.

Is Marek also a first name?

Yes. Marek is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Marek

A Czech surname, carried by 8,042 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marek is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,042 people named Marek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,392 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,517.

#4,420

rank among US surnames

8,042

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #4,368)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,413	Canty	8,047	38,368
#4,414	Zayas	8,045	38,377
#4,417	Rosser	8,043	38,387
#4,420	Marek	8,042	38,392
#4,421	Castellon	8,041	38,396
#4,422	Dellinger	8,040	38,401

Who is named Marek

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

95% of people named Marek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Marek

Marek has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marek come from?: Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.
How common is the surname Marek?: 8,042 people in the United States had the surname Marek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,392 Americans. It ranked 4,420th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marek?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Marek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Marek getting more or less common?: More common. 7,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,042 in 2010, up 7.0%.
Is Marek also a first name?: Yes. Marek is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.