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    The surname Markovitz

    A surname, carried by 662 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M621

    Markovitz: #34,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Markovitz #34,272, 662 people Markovitz: #34,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Markovitz #34,272, 662 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markovitz is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Jewish surname, variant of Markovich, Markowicz, Markowitz. This surname is mostly found in Israel. * As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene surname, Americanized from Markovic.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 662 people named Markovitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 610.

    #34,272
    rank among US surnames
    662
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #35,003)

    Who is named Markovitz

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

    96% of people named Markovitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Markovitz

    Markovitz has the Soundex code M621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M621.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Markovitz come from?
    * As a Jewish surname, variant of Markovich, Markowicz, Markowitz. This surname is mostly found in Israel. * As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovene surname, Americanized from Markovic.
    How common is the surname Markovitz?
    662 people in the United States had the surname Markovitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. It ranked 34,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Markovitz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Markovitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Markovitz getting more or less common?
    More common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 662 in 2010, up 8.5%.