Macabre Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Macabre Surname User-submission:
There are those who call it 'Maccabeo', a term used - in in collegiate jargon - by French medical students to indicate the corpses/cadavers (As well as the cataract - guardians of the rivers - the nineteenth century saying 'Macab' or 'the drowned').
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 245 | 1:271,113 | 41,730 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Macabré (15) are calculated separately.
Macabre Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
There are those who call it 'Maccabeo', a term used - in in collegiate jargon - by French medical students to indicate the corpses/cadavers (As well as the cataract - guardians of the rivers - the nineteenth century saying 'Macab' or 'the drowned'). In the Transalpine region, an ancient French saying 'Ma-cabre', was referred to misfortune. In Arabic 'maqbara' means tomb and 'maqabir' cemetery; in Syrian 'Maquabrey' is the name of the undertaker (or Gravedigger). A curious discovery quite recent: in 1419 a chaplain of the Holy Innocents Church in Paris was called Laurentis Macabre.
Also in France, with the last name of a family of Troyes, French artists of the fifteenth century, who made extensive use, were designated, in fact, similar macabre representations. A rather intricate road, but certainly suggestive, is undertaken by the French scholar Naskidashvili when, finding in the dialects of the Morvan, the Meuse and the Vendôme area the term 'Abre Macabre', it refers to the clouds that fray (v. unravel or become worn) and were popularly compared to the famous Dance.
Taken and translated from Mauro Neri's Bascenis de Averaria: pittori itineranti nel Trentino (1989), pg. 81.
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Where Does The Last Name Macabre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macabre is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Macabré. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macabre? popularity and diffusion
The last name Macabre is the 953,750th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. Macabre occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Macabre live; 61 percent live in Caribbean and 61 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean.
The last name Macabre is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 271,113. In France Macabre is primarily found in: Martinique, where 57 percent are found, Guadeloupe, where 11 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 9 percent are found. Apart from France this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macabré | 95 | 15 | / |
| Macabrey | 93 | 126 | / |
| Macabreu | 93 | 1 | / |
| MacHabre | 93 | 1 | / |
| Maccabre | 93 | 1 | / |
| MacKabre | 93 | 0 | / |
| Maccabret | 88 | 2 | / |
| Makabre | 86 | 5 | / |
| Macabra | 86 | 3 | / |
| MacAbry | 86 | 0 | / |
| Mazabrey | 80 | 22 | / |
| MacObrie | 80 | 1 | / |
| McAubrey | 80 | 0 | / |
| MacKabry | 80 | 0 | / |
| MacOubrie | 75 | 164 | / |
| MacOubrey | 75 | 2 | / |
| Macgayvre | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maicavres | 75 | 1 | / |
| MacOobrie | 75 | 1 | / |
| MacCoubrey | 71 | 95 | / |
| Makabry | 71 | 2 | / |
| Makabra | 71 | 1 | / |
| Majabri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macobry | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makawre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mocaiber | 67 | 40 | / |
| Makobrei | 67 | 35 | / |
| Makobrey | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mazzobre | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mahjabri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Madjabri | 67 | 3 | / |
| MacOvret | 67 | 2 | / |
| MacOubray | 63 | 14 | / |
| McAvry | 62 | 0 | / |
| Makawriz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Makeibra | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mohdsabri | 50 | 9 | / |
| Mokhayber | 50 | 8 | / |
| Moukaiber | 50 | 7 | / |
| Mokhaiber | 50 | 1 | / |
| Maqueiber | 50 | 1 | / |
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