Maçãs Surname

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

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Maçãs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maçãs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal1231:84,7014,225
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017

The alternate forms: Maças (5), Macas (18,698), Mačas (20), Macás (1), Maćaš (71), Macáš (32), Mačaš (2), Macaś (1), Macaš (1) & Macăş (1) are calculated separately.

Maçãs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maçãs is more commonly found in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Maças, Macas, Mačas, Macás, Maćaš, Macáš, Mačaš, Macaś, Macaš or Macăş. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maçãs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,604,449th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Maçãs reside; 98 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 98 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

Maçãs is most commonly occurring in Portugal, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 84,701. Outside of Portugal it exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maças935/
Maçães9131/
Maçã892/
Macas8718,698/
Mačas8720/
Macás871/
Maćaš8071/
Macáš8032/
Maços803/
Mačaš802/
Macaś801/
Macaš801/
Macăş801/
Maçais731/
Maçans731/
Macãas731/
Masa6732,921/
Maso6717,430/
Maço67224/
Masó67128/
Maça67109/
Masò672/
Masá671/

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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 Maçãs
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