Maka
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from mgka ‘flour’, a metonymic occupational name for a miller or flour merchant
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the 68th most common given name.
- EGEgypt≈1 in 29K(inferred from the name graph)
- GEGeorgia1 in 257as მაკა
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Maka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Georgia (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 74 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
15,578 named მაკა
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from mgka ‘flour’, a metonymic occupational name for a miller or flour merchant.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #68 | 15,578as მაკა | 1 in 257 | 16K | Maka | 74 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Maka | 4 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Maka | 21 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 346K | — | Maka | 7 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 122K | 3 | Maka | 7 |
| US United States | — | 437 | 1 in 761K | 844 | Maka | 70 |
| GR Greece | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 90K | — | Maka | 13 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 108K | — | Maka | 4 |
15,578 people counted by Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API), counting the spelling მაკა. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Mecca
as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
In Hawaiian, eye; eye of a needle; face, countenance; presence; sight, view; beloved one, favorite person; point; bud, protuberance; center of a flower, including usually both the stamens and pistils; nipple, teat; sharp edge or blade of an instrument; point of a fishhook; beginning, source; fig., descendant; mesh of a net, mesh in plaiting; stitch in sewing
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In rar, a sling: a strap or pocket with a string attached at each end for hurling a stone or other missile; it was usually made from coconut fiber or hibiscus bark
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hawaiian, raw, as fish; uncooked; green, unripe, as fruit; fersh as distinct from salted provisions
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hawaiian, raw, as fish; uncooked; green, unripe, as fruit; fresh as distinct from salted provisions
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maka Jokhadzeb. 1948GEGeorgian writer
- Maka Kottob. 1961CMCanadian politician
- Maka Chichuab. 1971GEGeorgian actor
- Maka Sidibéb. 1977FRFrench actor
- Maka Bochorishvilib. 1978GEGeorgian diplomat and politician
- Margalita Chakhnashvilib. 1982GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian tennis player
- Maka Purtseladzeb. 1988GEGeorgian chess player
- Maka Maryb. 1989FRMalian and French footballer
- Maka MurvanidzeGEGeorgian biologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 317 | #22,678 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 120 | #22,678 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 10 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 3 | #2,614 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Maka mean, and where does it come from?
- from mgka ‘flour’, a metonymic occupational name for a miller or flour merchant. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Maka?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑkə/ (IPA) for Georgian.
- Is Maka a male or female name?
- Maka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Maka have the most bearers?
- In Georgia, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named მაკა, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Maka?
- In the United States, the national register counted 437 people named Maka in 2020, about 1 in 761 thousand residents.
- How common is Maka compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Maka is the 68th most common given name of 12,900 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maka” — the 68th most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.