Macias Surname
Approximately 402,515 people bear this surname
Macias Surname User-submission:
It's a Jewish surname, the meaning is "Messiah" (meaning present of God). The origin dates of the centuries X to XIII (A.C.) of the regions between Galicia, Asturias and Leon (North of Spain).
Macias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 176,470 | 1:703 | 111 |
| Ecuador | 69,051 | 1:230 | 15 |
| United States | 53,491 | 1:6,776 | 799 |
| Spain | 35,223 | 1:1,327 | 141 |
| Colombia | 25,506 | 1:1,873 | 370 |
| Cuba | 9,374 | 1:1,229 | 202 |
| Argentina | 7,224 | 1:5,917 | 623 |
| Venezuela | 7,075 | 1:4,269 | 569 |
| Bolivia | 3,691 | 1:2,876 | 483 |
| Chile | 2,870 | 1:6,138 | 696 |
| Honduras | 2,404 | 1:3,667 | 428 |
| Panama | 2,268 | 1:1,725 | 279 |
| Philippines | 1,675 | 1:60,441 | 10,190 |
| Poland | 1,119 | 1:33,967 | 5,237 |
| Nicaragua | 819 | 1:7,352 | 617 |
| Brazil | 790 | 1:270,980 | 10,433 |
| France | 543 | 1:122,325 | 18,518 |
| Dominican Republic | 377 | 1:27,674 | 1,687 |
| Uruguay | 361 | 1:9,506 | 1,059 |
| Portugal | 311 | 1:33,499 | 2,065 |
| Canada | 268 | 1:137,484 | 14,186 |
| Peru | 247 | 1:128,681 | 7,346 |
| El Salvador | 179 | 1:35,441 | 1,146 |
| England | 143 | 1:389,637 | 27,109 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Australia | 116 | 1:232,722 | 21,885 |
| Israel | 93 | 1:92,018 | 10,791 |
| Germany | 86 | 1:936,110 | 65,790 |
| Belgium | 67 | 1:171,592 | 23,333 |
| Italy | 60 | 1:1,019,278 | 70,256 |
| Guatemala | 60 | 1:268,044 | 4,260 |
| Costa Rica | 45 | 1:106,224 | 1,756 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| Puerto Rico | 38 | 1:93,425 | 1,554 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| Gibraltar | 29 | 1:1,171 | 268 |
| Guam | 29 | 1:5,521 | 755 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Belize | 4 | 1:88,868 | 3,294 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Maciaś (570), Macìas (49), Mácias (3) & Maciaš (1) are calculated separately.
Macias (211) may also be a first name.
Macias Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It's a Jewish surname, the meaning is "Messiah" (meaning present of God). The origin dates of the centuries X to XIII (A.C.) of the regions between Galicia, Asturias and Leon (North of Spain).
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Macias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macias (Arabic: ماسياس) occurs most in Mexico. It may also occur as a variant: Maciaś, Macìas, Mácias or Maciaš. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macias? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,345th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 18,105 people. The last name Macias is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Macias reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 622,565th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 211 people.
It is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is held by 176,470 people, or 1 in 703. In Mexico Macias is most frequent in: Jalisco, where 20 percent live, Aguascalientes, where 11 percent live and Guanajuato, where 8 percent live. Barring Mexico this last name occurs in 93 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Macias Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Macias has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 130,466 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Macias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Macias last name are 42.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Macias earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 20.52% less than the national average, earning €23,869 per year; in Norway they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning 246,308 kr per year; in Peru they earn 132.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 45,166 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.23% less than the national average, earning $22,195,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.69% less than the national average, earning $38,105 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.09% less than the national average, earning $47,153 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Macias Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Macias in the Arabic language | ||
| ماسياس | masyas | - |
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Macias Reference & Research
Macias DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Macias FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Macias
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