Macon Surname
Approximately 10,564 people bear this surname
Macon Surname Definition:
(French) One who built with stone or brick; one who came from Macon in France; descendant of Masson, a pet form of Thomasson (a twin); descendant of Macon (force, hard).
Read More About This SurnameMacon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,802 | 1:41,179 | 5,057 |
| France | 814 | 1:81,600 | 11,562 |
| Philippines | 258 | 1:392,396 | 50,646 |
| Brazil | 147 | 1:1,456,288 | 48,949 |
| Spain | 136 | 1:343,765 | 19,825 |
| Haiti | 113 | 1:94,548 | 4,677 |
| Cuba | 67 | 1:171,981 | 3,941 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,335 | 1:37,617 | 4,462 |
The alternate forms: Macoń (88), Maçon (71) & Macón (2) are calculated separately.
Macon (1,611) may also be a first name.
Macon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who built with stone or brick; one who came from Macon in France; descendant of Masson, a pet form of Thomasson (a twin); descendant of Macon (force, hard).
User-submitted Reference
The first apparition of this name is from around 1150 in France. This name comes from Normandy and means 'the bricklayer'.
This name is writing in an old way, nowadays this profession is written (le) maçon.
- lemeneFrench in origin, the Anglicized version of Maçon (pronounced "ma-SOHN") is Macon. In French, it means "mason" (stone cutter).
- katiemchMacon Demographics
Average Male Macon Height
176.98 cm
Average Female Macon Height
160.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Macon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Macon occurs most in The United States. It may be found as a variant: Macoń, Maçon or Macón. For other possible spellings of Macon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Macon is the 48,762nd most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 689,847 people. The surname Macon occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Macon reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Macon is also the 192,490th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 1,611 people.
Macon is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 8,802 people, or 1 in 41,179. In The United States Macon is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Alabama, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Macon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Macon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 659 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Macon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Macon surname are 1.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.53% registered to vote for the party.
Macon earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.78% less than the national average, earning $35,907 USD per year.
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Macon Reference & Research
Macon DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Macon 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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