The Marko surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,701 people carried this name — #11,614 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 108,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,645 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
584 people named Marko have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 996 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 Subcarpathian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Marko live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Marko.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 28 people named Marko 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
80 people named Marko are counted in Sweden and Finland.
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
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
Marko in American newspapers,
1901–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,237 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Marko,
with a public archive behind them.
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Petro Marko 1913–1991 · writer -
Rita Marko 1920–2018 · politician -
Jozef Marko 1923–1996 · association football coach -
Dmitry Marko 1878–1963 · chemist
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Dmitry Marko 1878–1963 · chemist
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Jozef Marko 1904–1981 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marko.
- Marjanovic 259 · U.S. census
- Mark 14,265 · U.S. census
- Marka 118 · U.S. census
- Markarian 1,775 · U.S. census
- Markey 5,435 · U.S. census
- Markiewicz 2,317 · U.S. census
- Markovic 1,465 · U.S. census
- Markowicz 386 · U.S. census
- Markowski 3,509 · U.S. census
- Markus 3,649 · U.S. census
- Marland 484 · U.S. census
- Marles 223 · U.S. census
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