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 frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Macabré. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macabre? popularity and diffusion
The surname Macabre is the 953,750th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Macabre are found; 61 percent are found in Caribbean and 61 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 271,113. In France Macabre is most numerous in: Martinique, where 57 percent live, Guadeloupe, where 11 percent live and Île-de-France, where 9 percent live. Apart from France this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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