The Maki surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,190 people carried this name — #3,860 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (9,155).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 30 people named Maki.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Nord 21
Pas-de-Calais 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

6,528 people named Maki are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 5,886
Sweden (2022) 642

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Maki in American newspapers,
1940.

Newspaper page from The Waterbury Democrat carrying the name Maki
The Waterbury Democrat 1940-04-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Maki in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

499 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maki. The most, 88, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 170
South Australia 100
Victoria 90
Queensland 71
Western Australia 32
Tasmania 26
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maki.

Who carried it

People named Maki,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maki Bokusen
    Maki Bokusen 1775–1824 · artist
  • Maki Yasuomi
    Maki Yasuomi 1813–1864 · samurai
  • Fumihiko Maki
    Fumihiko Maki 1928–2024 · teacher
  • Asami Maki
    Asami Maki 1934–2021 · ballet dancer
  • Chico Maki
    Chico Maki 1939–2015 · ice hockey player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Fumihiko Maki: jeanbaptisteparis derivative work: aghith, CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); Asami Maki: 大臣官房人事課, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 81 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Maki,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,619 records

1,619 records of the Maki name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 924
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 407
  • Other U.S. records 288
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Toivo M. Maki

    Born 1909 in Finland. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; auto mechanic from St Louis County, Minnesota. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Eveleth Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Juna Maki

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Paris from Southampton, aged 20; servant. From Finland, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Glen Arvid Maki

    Born 1948; from Iron River, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,619 records for Maki in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Finland166 records

166 records of the Maki name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 112
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 54
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Vihtori Juhonpoika Mäki

    Born 1878 in Ypäjä; general labourer. Died in 1918 in Helsinki, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Paavali Mäki

    Born 1898 in Kuhmoinen; labourer. Died in 1941 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Kuhmoinen.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Ingrid Josefina Mäki

    Born 1900; servant. Died in 1918 in Lahti, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 166 records for Maki in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada33 records

33 records of the Maki name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 19
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Other Canadian records 7
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Maki

    Buried in 1971 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 93.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Nestor Maki

    Died 1966 in Green Hill, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harry Arthur Maki

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 33 records for Maki in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France13 records

13 records of the Maki name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Georges Maki

    Born 1925 in Viesly; died 1979 in Viesly (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Maki

    Born 1892 in Turkey; died 1992 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Abd El Kader Maki

    Born 1960 in Denain; died 1989 in Cappelle-la-Grande (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Maki in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Maki name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kaarl Maki

    Arrived in Queensland in 1904 aboard the Marathon, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frank Maki

    Farmer of Boronia, Victoria; died 1983.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Richard Maki

    Labourer of Richmond, Victoria; died 1955.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Maki in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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