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Mark

in California

There are 107,958 people with the first name "Mark" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Mark 12
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  1. is 8th most common Richard
  2. is 9th most common William
  3. is 10th most common Mary
  4. is 11th most common Thomas
  5. is 12th most common Mark
  6. is 13th most common Daniel
  7. is 14th most common Patricia
  8. is 15th most common Joseph
  9. is 16th most common Paul

Similar Names and Nicknames

Marc, Marcus, Markus, Marcis, Mar

Most Common Last Names for Mark

Johnson, Smith, Miller, Williams, Brown, Anderson, Davis, Jones, Wilson, Taylor

Meaning & History

(male) From the Latin name Marcus, borne by the Evangelist, author of the second gospel in the New Testament, and by several other early and medieval saints. In Arthurian legend, King Mark is the aged ruler of Cornwall to whom Isolde is brought as a bride by Tristan; his name was presumably of Celtic origin, perhaps derived from the element march ‘horse’. This was not a particularly common name in the Middle Ages but was in more frequent use by the end of the 16th century.

Cognates: Irish and Scottish Gaelic: Marcas. German, Dutch: Markus. French: Marc. Spanish: Marco, Marcos. Portuguese: Marcos. Italian: Marco. Russian: Mark. Polish, Czech: Marek. Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian: Marko. Finnish: Markku. Hungarian: Márk.

Recent Searches for "Mark" in California

Since June 2009
42,350

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Mark Johnson, CA (951 searches)
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