About the Markus Surname

If your family name is Markus, its origin lies with Marek, a long-established Polish surname. Its meaning, shared with Marek, is “Mark”. Records show Markus as one of the forms Marek took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Marko.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Markus surname had 3,649 bearers. Between 1891 and 2000, 102 babies born in France were registered as Markus, with the most births in 1941–1950. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Marks, Marques and Marquis.

Arms linked to Marek and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Markus family name pack.