Mace Surname
Approximately 32,611 people bear this surname
Mace Surname Definition:
(French) One who came from Macy, Macey, or Mace (Mathieu’s farm), in France.
Mace Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,904 | 1:22,790 | 2,858 |
| France | 7,322 | 1:9,072 | 826 |
| England | 5,147 | 1:10,825 | 1,601 |
| Australia | 1,443 | 1:18,708 | 2,608 |
| Canada | 607 | 1:60,701 | 7,138 |
| New Zealand | 545 | 1:8,309 | 1,420 |
| South Africa | 349 | 1:155,237 | 17,537 |
| Thailand | 177 | 1:399,087 | 70,184 |
| Wales | 163 | 1:18,985 | 2,033 |
| Haiti | 117 | 1:91,315 | 4,539 |
| Scotland | 64 | 1:83,653 | 6,073 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Spain | 38 | 1:1,230,317 | 41,658 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Italy | 35 | 1:1,747,334 | 85,249 |
| Philippines | 35 | 1:2,892,521 | 138,859 |
| Ireland | 32 | 1:147,154 | 6,785 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | 1:114,077 | 8,979 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 6 | 1:5,722 | 548 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1:6,399 | 357 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,055 | 1:16,438 | 2,089 |
The alternate forms: Macé (576), Maçe (137), Mače (2), Macê (1) & Máče (36) are calculated separately.
Mace (2,024) may also be a first name.
Mace Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who came from Macy, Macey, or Mace (Mathieu’s farm), in France.
Originally Mace, a French ' nurse-name' for Matthew.
A staff borne as an ensign of office.
From Macé, an Old French corruption of Matthew. See Roquefort.
William de Mes, Normandy, 1180-95; Rener Mape, lb. 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Adam, John, Richard Mace, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the Old Norse, Masi; nickname from the Frisian, Mes or Mewes (contraction of Bartolomæus); from the German, Mais, Mese; from the Dutch, Mes, Muis, Moes, Mees; from the Flemish, Maas, Maes, Mees, Moys, Muys; from the Danish, Maes, Mess; a personal name.
Mace, now represented in Chipping Norton, was an Oxfordshire name in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.). Robert Mace of Bampton died in 1682 (G.). The name is also established in Gloucestershire.
Mace Demographics
Mace Religious Adherence
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Mace Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mace Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mace is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Macé, Maçe, Mače, Macê or Máče. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mace? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mace is the 17,019th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 223,469 people. Mace occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Mace reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Mace is also the 167,863rd most frequently held forename internationally, held by 2,024 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 15,904 people, or 1 in 22,790. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 7 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 106 countries. It is also found in France, where 22 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.
Mace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mace has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mace surname increased 521 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 168 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Mace Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mace surname is chiefly Anglican (37%) in Ireland.
In The United States Mace are 15.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.01% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mace earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.01% less than the national average, earning 283,737 kr per year; in Peru they earn 16.77% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,135 per year; in South Africa they earn 88.66% more than the national average, earning R 448,320 per year; in United States they earn 3.38% less than the national average, earning $41,691 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.93% more than the national average, earning $52,133 CAD per year.
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