Globally, Makarios (مكاريوس 
, Makarios 
, Макарий 
) is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name Makarios is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom girly name, Greece, and Cyprus, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Greece, and Sudan. Very seldom, Makarios is the last name as well as the forename.
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| مكاريوس | Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt |
| Makarios | Tanzania, Kenya, Greece, Egypt, Indonesia |
| Макарий | Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus |
| מקאריוס | Israel |
| makarios choumnos (b. 1300) |
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| makarios tuczapski (b. 1500) |
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| makarios saba Syrian archbishop (1873-1943), SY (b. 1873) |
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| makarios tewfik EG (b. 1945) |
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| makarios djan Ghanaian sprinter, GH (b. 1955) |
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| makarios hebler DE (b. 1950) |
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| makarios of qatar eastern Orthodox Archbishop (b. 1968) |
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| makarios drousiōtēs (b. 1959) |
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| makarios niakaros GR (b. 1965) |
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| makarios pounartzoglou GR (b. 1976) |
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| makarios of pelekete |
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| makarios bonnet |
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