Makó

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Makó is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Típusa: Apanévi vagy helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 145K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 557K
  • USUnited States1 in 635K

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.

United States (measured from records)

524 people, 2020

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 145K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Típusa: Apanévi vagy helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév. Eredete: Alapszava, valamelyik Mak- kezdetű keresztnevünk (Makabeus, Makarius, Makrinus) egy szótagra rövidült alakja vagy a bizonytalan eredetű Mak ~ Makk ősi egyénnév kicsinyítő -ó képzővel ellátva Makó lett. A fölsorolt keresztnevek közül a görög eredetű, ’szerencsés, boldog’ jelentésű £ [m™k™r] szóból alakult £ [M™káriosz] jöhet leginkább számításba, mivel igen kedvelt volt az Árpád-korban. Mako, Makou, Macho, Machou formában is sokszor följegyezték. Egyénnévből vált apai családnévvé. Jelentése ’Makó nevű személy fia, leszármazotta’. Makó nevű település volt a családnevek kialakulása idején Baranya, Csanád, Fejér és Kolozs vármegyében, ezek közül bármelyik eredetre, származási helyre utaló családnévvé válhatott minden változtatás nélkül vagy később lekopott -i képzővel. Elterjedtsége: A nyelvterület északkeleti részén gyakoribb.

Sources 1

  • Családnevek enciklopédiája

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Makó 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 Makó is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5241 in 635K636—2
HU Hungary≈67 est.≈1 in 145K—Makó35
FI Finland101 in 557K46——
PL Poland71 in 5.5M13——
DK Denmark51 in 1.2M5——

524 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Makó is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Nigeria, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Mako, Makò, Mãķõ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Mákó, Mako

  • Polish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Mako, Makò, Mäķö

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Cameroon, Belgium

    Also written Mako

13 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000György Makó, b. 1550Pál Makó, b. 1723Lőrinc Makó, b. 1777Alexander Mako, b. 1851Lajos Makó, b. 1854Sergey Mako, b. 1885András Makó, b. 1959Zoltán Makó, b. 1968Péter Makó, b. 1979

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 7 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 2

  • 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 Makó mean?
Recorded meaning: Típusa: Apanévi vagy helynévi eredetű, magyar családnév.
In which country does Makó have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 524 people named Makó, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Makó?
In the United States, the national register counted 524 people named Makó in 2020, about 1 in 635 thousand residents.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Makó”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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