Macau Surname
Approximately 1,594 people bear this surname
Macau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 466 | 1:43,086 | 5,432 |
| Brazil | 334 | 1:640,941 | 23,744 |
| Portugal | 293 | 1:35,557 | 2,167 |
| Spain | 157 | 1:297,784 | 17,995 |
| Ecuador | 85 | 1:187,128 | 7,666 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Măcau (1) are calculated separately.
Macau (19) may also be a first name.
Macau Demographics
Average Macau Salary in
United States
$66,295 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Macau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Macau (Hindi: मचऊ) occurs most in Romania. It may also appear as a variant: Măcau. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Macau is the 249,113th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 4,571,861 people. Macau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Macau reside; 29 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 29 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 466 people, or 1 in 43,086. In Romania Macau is primarily found in: Constanța County, where 19 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent are found and Giurgiu County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Romania this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 21 percent are found and Portugal, where 18 percent are found.
Macau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Macau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Macau surname increased 511 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Macau Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Macau earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 53.64% more than the national average, earning $66,295 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.24% more than the national average, earning $62,720 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Macau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Macau in the Hindi language | ||
| मचऊ | maca'u | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Macau
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