The Markovic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,465 people carried this name — #18,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 22% from 1,198 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Markovic surname
A Serbo-Croatian (Marković, Slovak, Carpathian Rusyn, and Slovene (Markovič) surname, from the personal name Marko, from Latin Mārcus.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Markovic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,065 people named Markovic live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 239 people named Markovic.
Most of them — 207 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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 104 people named Markovic 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 89 people named Markovic live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
31 people named Markovic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 162 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
1,038 people named Markovic are counted in Sweden and Norway.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Markovic in American newspapers,
1903–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,032 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Markovic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ivan Markovič 1888–1944 · writer -
Annika Markovic 1964– · ambassador -
Eman Marković 1999– · association football player -
Stevan Marković 1937–1968 · bodyguard
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Ranko Markovic 1957– · pianist
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Mojca Markovic 1979– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 33 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Markovic.
- 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
- Marko 2,701 · 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
- Marlette 1,562 · U.S. census
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