Maki

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Maki is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 415(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 16K
  • CACanada≈1 in 26K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

13,426 people

Sources
374 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 415 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Mäki in FI Finland, SE Sweden.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘pasture’; found in the island of Kyushu, but not common in Japan proper, it appears to originate in the Ryti-kyuan island of Amami.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

How Maki is read(measured from records)

Maki is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English68%

    A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Finnish25%

    lemur

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Japanese8.3%

    Rōmaji transcription of まき

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maki 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.

Where Maki is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#14713,4261 in 41513KMäki47
US United States—9,1901 in 36K9.2KMaki374
ZA South Africa—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 16K—Maki26
CA Canada—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 26K—Maki118
GB United Kingdom—≈790 est.≈1 in 83K—Maki73
SE Sweden—6511 in 16K651Mäki19
RS Serbia—≈350 est.≈1 in 20K—Maki7

13,426 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Maki is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Japanese surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States, Philippines, Kyrgyzstan

    Also written Mäki, Ma-Ki, Makï, Makì, Mâkì

  • Hindi surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Finland

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Mäki, Mãkī

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mäki

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Finland

    Also written Mäki

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Mäki, Mākï

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Maki is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • ‘pasture’; found in the island of Kyushu, but not common in Japan proper, it appears to originate in the Ryti-kyuan island of Amami.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In rar, general term for disease, sickness or illness of any nature: the word with which it is joined denotes the particular disease or illness; sick, affected by disease, ill

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Māori, invalid, sick person; sore; to afflict, of an illness

    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)

19201940196019802000Yoshiko Maki, b. 1921Fumihiko Maki, b. 1928Mike Maki, b. 1944Daisuke Maki, b. 1946Hiroko Maki, b. 1948Claude Maki, b. 1972Seiichiro Maki, b. 1980Yoko Maki, b. 1982Ally Maki, b. 1986Kokoro Maki, b. 1991

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 57 sources across 29 countries.

Official registers attesting Maki
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020109.2K#3,860
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020009.2K#3,561
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020208.8K#3,919
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—65#18,104

Reference works 7

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 Maki mean?
In English, A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
Where does the name Maki come from?
‘pasture’; found in the island of Kyushu, but not common in Japan proper, it appears to originate in the Ryti-kyuan island of Amami. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Maki have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Maki, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mäki.
Where is Maki most common?
Maki is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 415 people carrying it.
How common is the name Maki?
In Finland, the national register counted 13,426 people named Maki, about 1 in 415 residents.
How common is Maki compared with other names?
In Finland, Maki is the 147th most common surname of 94,499 surnames 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, “Maki” — the 147th most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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