Makaj
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ma˨˦kaj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makaj is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country.
- HRCroatia1 in 18K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia1 in 446K
- PLPoland1 in 547K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Croatia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
237 people, 2021
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Makaj 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | 237 | 1 in 18K | 237 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 70 | 1 in 547K | 37 | Makaj | 13 |
| CZ Czechia | 24 | 1 in 446K | 24 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | 16 | 1 in 733K | 16 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 12 | 1 in 700K | 12 | — | — |
237 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. 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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sándor Makajb. 1806HUHungarian politician (1806-1890)
- Arben Makajb. 1967ALAlbanian sportsperson
- Marko Makajb. 1983chess player
- Steve MakajCACanadian actor
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 237 | #3,504 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 212 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 37 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 37 | #60,938 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 33 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 33 | #66,118 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 24 | #47,362 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 24 | #14,595 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 16 | #55,155 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 12 | #53,184 |
Reference works 2
- 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
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
- How do you pronounce Makaj?
- A machine transcription gives /ma˨˦kaj/ (IPA) for Croatian.
- In which country does Makaj have the most bearers?
- In Croatia, the national register counted about 237 people named Makaj, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Makaj most common?
- Makaj is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 18 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Makaj?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 237 people named Makaj in 2021, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Makaj?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makajThe 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, “Makaj”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.