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    The surname Markert

    A German surname, carried by 2,065 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M626

    Markert: #14,465 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Markert #14,465, 2,065 people Markert: #14,465 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Markert #14,465, 2,065 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markert is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Markert.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,065 people named Markert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,514 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,856.

    #14,465
    rank among US surnames
    2,065
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,689)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,458Fray2,066149,441
    #14,465Banes2,065149,514
    #14,468Flavin2,064149,586
    #14,474O'Hanlon2,063149,659

    Who is named Markert

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

    95% of people named Markert identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Markert

    Markert has the Soundex code M626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M626.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Markert come from?
    Borrowed from German Markert.
    How common is the surname Markert?
    2,065 people in the United States had the surname Markert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,514 Americans. It ranked 14,465th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Markert?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Markert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Markert getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,065 in 2010, up 11%.