# Mace (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mace/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,222 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,933 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,261 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (12,114 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /meɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett. * As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze. * Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius. * Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mace 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mace in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Mace

- Nancy Mace, American politician (born 1977)
- Georgina M. Mace, British ecologist (1953–2020)
- Fred Mace, actor (1878-1917)
- James Mace, American historian of Ukraine (1952–2004)
- Jem Mace, British boxer (1831–1910)

## Similar surnames

Maes, Macy, Maze, Masse, Macey, Maez, Mayse, Maize, Maese, Mack, Mackey, Magee.

## 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.