Macabrey Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Macabrey 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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Macabrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France751:885,636103,228
Switzerland391:210,58818,223
United States121:30,204,911765,334

Macabrey 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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Macabrey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Macabrey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Macabrey is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Macabrey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Macabrey is the 1,604,449th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Macabrey are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Macabrey is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 885,636. In France Macabrey is primarily found in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 37 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 23 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account France Macabrey occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Macabrey Last Name Statistics demography

Macabrey earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

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