Makara
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a kind of sea creature sometimes confused with crocodile, shark, dolphin, regarded as the emblem of Kama
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑˈkɑɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makara is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.
- UAUkraine≈1 in 42Kas Макара(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 26K
- FIFinland1 in 37K
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 Makara 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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 73 (measured from records)
- 1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
1,455 people, 2026
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Макара in UA Ukraine, FI Finland, TR Türkiye.
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)
a kind of sea creature sometimes confused with crocodile, shark, dolphin, regarded as the emblem of Kama.
Sources 1
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Makara 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 | 1,455 | 1 in 26K | 732 | Makara | 46 |
| UA Ukraine | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Макара | 25 |
| US United States | 643 | 1 in 517K | 643 | Makara | 26 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 219K | — | Макара | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 380K | listed | Makara | 13 |
| FI Finland | 150 | 1 in 37K | 150 | Макара | 2 |
| SK Slovakia | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Makara | 23 |
| LS Lesotho | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 57K | 4 | — | 1 |
1,455 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 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 living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Lesotho IEC 2022 National Assembly candidate lists. 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)
Makara 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.
In pi, Afloodgatein the Parakkamasāmudda from which ran the Gambhīra Canal.’
as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)
In English, An aquatic monster in Hindu mythology.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
born in lunar month Capricorn
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
In Hausa, bier (usually made of raphia)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Oromo, harvest
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Lajos Makarab. 1862HUHungarian physician
- Gábor B. Makarab. 1939HUHungarian physician
- Oleg Makarab. 1954SKSlovak film director
- Marta Makara-Studzińskab. 1962PLPolish psychology researcher
- Mariusz MakaraPLPolish researcher
- Agnieszka MakaraPLPolish chemist
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 38 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 732 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 732 | #4,342 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 723 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 723 | #4,290 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 643 | #35,057 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 638 | #33,690 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 614 | #38,781 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 150 | #9,336 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 48 | — |
| LS Lesotho | Lesotho IEC 2022 National Assembly candidate lists | 2022 | 4 | #10 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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)
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 Makara mean, and where does it come from?
- a kind of sea creature sometimes confused with crocodile, shark, dolphin, regarded as the emblem of Kama. Recorded by The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys.
- How do you pronounce Makara?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑˈkɑɹə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Makara have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Makara, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled makara.
- Where is Makara most common?
- Makara is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 26 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Makara?
- In Poland, the national register counted 1,455 people named Makara in 2026, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Makara?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makaraThe 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, “Makara”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.