Marko Family History

Slovak Polish and Czech: from a variant of the personal name Marek an equivalent of English Mark . Ukrainian Slovenian Sorbian Rusyn Croatian and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Marko (from Latin Marcus) Slavic equivalent of English Mark . In some cases it is also an American shortened form of any of patronymics and other derivatives of this personal name such as Jewish Markowitz Serbian and Croatian Marković (see Markovic ) or Slovenian Markovčič. Hungarian (Markó): from a pet form of the personal name Márkus an equivalent of English Mark . German: of Hungarian Sorbian and other Slavic origin (see above). Albanian (southern): from the personal name Marko a Greek-influenced variant of Mark (see Mark compare Marku ); or in part an adaptation of the cognate Greek surname Markos . American shortened form of Greek Markos or of any of various derivatives of this personal name e.g. Markopoulos . Compare Marco .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022