Explore the Family Name Markoski

The meaning of Markoski

Americanized form of Polish Markowski.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Markoski in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Markoski demonstrated a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname Markoski was ranked 64,385 in terms of popularity and increased slightly to 64,891 by 2010, indicating a drop of about 0.79%. Despite this decreased ranking, the count of individuals with this surname actually rose from 289 in 2000 to 306 in 2010, marking an increase of approximately 5.88%. However, when considering its proportion per 100,000 people, the prevalence of the surname fell by around 9.09% during that decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,385	#64,891	-0.79%
Count	289	306	5.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Markoski

Moving onto the ethnic identity associated with the surname Markoski, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals a few noteworthy shifts from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander fell from 2.08% to zero. Meanwhile, the percentage of individuals identifying as White experienced a slight increase, rising from 94.81% to 95.42%. The proportion of those who identified as Hispanic saw the most significant change, increasing by 36.66% over the decade from 3.11% to 4.25%. There were no changes in the percentages for those identifying as Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or two or more races—these groups remained at zero throughout both census years. Please note that some data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.81%	95.42%	0.64%
Hispanic	3.11%	4.25%	36.66%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.08%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%