Makarov
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mækɝɑv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Makarov is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 36th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Russian Макаров (Makarov). A transliteration of the Russian surname Макаров (Makarov).
- UZUzbekistan≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 447K
- RURussia≈1 in 1.1Kas Макаров
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 Makarov 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.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #724 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 179 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 named Макаров, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Макаров in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, CN China and 2 more and Makarow in PL Poland.
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)
Borrowed from Russian Макаров (Makarov). A transliteration of the Russian surname Макаров (Makarov)
Sources 1
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Makarov 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #36 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Макаров | 179 |
| UA Ukraine | #463 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Макаров | 54 |
| BY Belarus | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Makarov | 26 |
| CN China | #715 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 447K | — | Макаров | 6 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | #113 | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Макаров | 11 |
| PL Poland | — | 728 | 1 in 53K | 726 | Makarow | 19 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | #104 | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Макаров | 13 |
| EE Estonia | #368 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | 386 | Makarov | 25 |
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); the ee-stat-nimed 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Stepan Osipovich Makarovb. 1849UARussian admiral
- Nikolai Fyodorovich Makarovb. 1914RUSoviet firearms designer (1914–1988)
- Oleg Grigoryevich Makarovb. 1933RUSoviet cosmonaut (1933–2003)
- Nikolai Makarovb. 1949RURussian army commander
- Nikolai Georgijewitsch Makarowb. 1955RUnot in their usual namerussian-american mathematician
- Sergei Makarovb. 1958RURussian ice hockey player (born 1958)
- Oleg Makarovb. 1962RURussian pair skater
- Sergey Makarovb. 1973RURussian javelin thrower
- Vitaliy Makarovb. 1974RURussian judoka
- Ihar Makaraub. 1979BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian judoka
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 25 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 726 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 726 | #4,266 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 386 | #101 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 22 | #5,111 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #361,937 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Makarov mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Russian Макаров (Makarov). A transliteration of the Russian surname Макаров (Makarov) Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Makarov?
- A machine transcription gives /mækɝɑv/ (IPA) for Russian.
- In which country does Makarov have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 125 thousand people named Макаров in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Makarov?
- In Poland, the national register counted 728 people named Makarov in 2026, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.
- How common is Makarov compared with other names?
- In Russia, Makarov is the 36th most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Makarov?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/makarovThe 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, “Makarov” — the 36th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.