The Marek surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,042 people carried this name — #4,420 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,517 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Marek surname
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Marek» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
15,902 people named Marek have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 17,799 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 206 people named Marek live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 195 people named Marek.
87 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
128 people named Marek live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
74 people named Marek is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Marek,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mark the Evangelist 12–68 · presbyter -
Mark the Evangelist 12–68 · presbyter -
Mark the Evangelist 20–68 · presbyter
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Mark the Evangelist 20–68 · presbyter
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Václav Alexis Marek d. 1961 · dramaturge
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Jan Marek d. 1974
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marek.
- Marczak 747 · U.S. census
- Mardirossian 352 · U.S. census
- Mardon 192 · U.S. census
- Mare 410 · U.S. census
- Marechal 134 · U.S. census
- Maree 388 · U.S. census
- Marelli 272 · U.S. census
- Marenco 1,595 · U.S. census
- Marenda 112 · U.S. census
- Marenghi 161 · U.S. census
- Marengo 685 · U.S. census
- Mares 14,931 · U.S. census
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