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    The surname Markunas

    A surname, carried by 353 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M625

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Markunas is more common than 64.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Lithuanian Markūnas, derived from the Lithuanian personal name Markas, a doublet of Mōrkus.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 353 people named Markunas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 874,633 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 361.

    #57,639
    rank among US surnames
    353
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #53,659)

    Who is named Markunas

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

    97% of people named Markunas identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Markunas

    Markunas has the Soundex code M625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M625.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Markunas come from?
    From Lithuanian Markūnas, derived from the Lithuanian personal name Markas, a doublet of Mōrkus.
    How common is the surname Markunas?
    353 people in the United States had the surname Markunas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 874,633 Americans. It ranked 57,639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Markunas?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Markunas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Markunas getting more or less common?
    Less common. 361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 353 in 2010, down 2.2%.