# Macbeth (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,068 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,714 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 289,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (1,019 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məkˈbɛθ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Middle Irish Mac Bethad, equivalent to the modern mac (“son of”) bheatha (“life”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Macbeth 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Macbeth in the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Macbeth

- Ann Macbeth, British artist (1875-1948)
- Columba Macbeth-Green, Australian priest

## Similar surnames

McBeth, McBeath, McFadden, McSpadden, McPeters, McPheeters.

## 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.