# Mac (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mac/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A diminutive for a person with a surname that starts with "Mac" or "Mc".

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,321 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 133,023 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (1,859 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mæk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

See macc for details.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mac in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 64% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mac in Đàng Trong.

## People named Mac

- Mạc Thiên Tứ, 18th century leader of Hà Tiên in modern-day Vietnam and Cambodia

## Similar surnames

Mack, Mackey, Mackay, Mackie, Mak, Mauck, Macke, Macko, Mace, Macy, Mach, Max.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.