Marek
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Marek is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common given name. Recorded meaning: from the West Slavic personal name Marek, a vernacular form of Latin Marcus (see Mark).
- CZCzechia1 in 85(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 104
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 225
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 Marek 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.
- Poland (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 328 (measured from records)
- 1 in 85 (inferred from the name graph)
369,242 people, 2026
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Czechia
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 the West Slavic personal name Marek, a vernacular form of Latin Marcus (see Mark).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marek 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #12 | 369,242 | 1 in 104 | 374K | Marek | 241 |
| CZ Czechia | #26 | 126,176 | 1 in 85 | 126K | Marek | 185 |
| SK Slovakia | #13 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 225 | 1.2K | Marek | 183 |
| US United States | — | 7,203 | 1 in 46K | 8K | Marek | 328 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 3 | Marek | 184 |
| LV Latvia | — | 3,874as Mareks | 1 in 486 | 3.9K | Marek | 13 |
| EE Estonia | #307 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 481 | 3K | Marek | 44 |
369,242 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register). 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)
Marek 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.
from a pet form of the personal name Martin.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Swedish, Marek är en västslavisk och estnisk form av → Marcus.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, 1724+101 Belege; slawisches Patronym zu Rufname Marcus, in Dtld. verstreut.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, in den i96oer-Jahren entlehnter männl. Vom., polnische, slowakische und tschechische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Russian, "destruction."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
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)
- Marek Edelmanb. 1922PL(1919–2009) Jewish resistance member
- Marek Belkab. 1952PLPolish economist and politician
- Paweł Huelleb. 1957PLnot in their usual namePolish writer (1957-2023)
- Marek Jankulovskib. 1977CZCzech association football player
- Marek Heinzb. 1977CZCzech footballer
- Marek Mintálb. 1977SKSlovak footballer and manager
- Marek Čechb. 1983SKSlovak footballer
- Łukasz Fabiańskib. 1985PLnot in their usual namePolish association football player
- Marek Hamšíkb. 1987SKSlovak footballer (born 1987)
- Paweł Dawidowiczb. 1995PLnot in their usual namePolish association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 80 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 374K | #13 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 369K | #14 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 126K | #39 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 63K | #45 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.1K | #3,070 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 3K | #43 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 3K | #43 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 157 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 61 | #3,070 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 50 | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 17 | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 16 | #3,023 |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Marek mean, and where does it come from?
- from the West Slavic personal name Marek, a vernacular form of Latin Marcus (see Mark). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What are other forms of the name Marek?
- In the etymology graph, Mark, Marcos and Marco are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Marek have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 369 thousand people named Marek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marek.
- Where is Marek most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marek is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 85 people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.
- Is Marek a male or female name?
- Marek is a male 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.
- How common is the name Marek?
- In Poland, the national register counted 369,242 people named Marek in 2026, about 1 in 104 residents.
- How common is Marek compared with other names?
- In Poland, Marek is the 12th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
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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, “Marek” — the 12th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.