1897 census surname
Markus
According to Rootera’s index, 35 people recorded as Markus or related archive spellings were found across 10 census sheets. The surname appears most frequently in Dvinsk, Balvu Parish, and Lutzin.
Spelling forms
This page groups spelling variants associated with the same surname. Archive forms come directly from the indexed census records; Western spellings are included to support family-history research.
About these spelling forms
Rootera’s index records this surname in Cyrillic as “Маркус”, “Маркусь”, and “Маркуш”, with “markus” in the Latin transcription. Researchers using Western-language sources may also encounter “Marcus”. These spelling alternatives help with discovery, but each match should be checked against the original census sheet.
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Search MarkusSurname spellings may vary between the handwritten census sheets and the index. Rootera’s index is continuously reviewed and corrected.