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    The surname Mace

    A surname, carried by 12,222 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /meɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex M200 Also a first name

    Mace: #2,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mace #2,933, 12,222 people Mace: #2,933 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mace #2,933, 12,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mace is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    * 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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,222 people named Mace in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,261 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,114.

    #2,933
    rank among US surnames
    12,222
    people in 2010
    4.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,924Begum12,25525,193
    #2,925Scarborough12,25225,200
    #2,926Dewey12,24925,206
    #2,927Alfonso12,24625,212
    #2,928Duggan12,23725,230
    #2,929Nadeau12,23625,233
    #2,930Churchill12,23525,235

    Who is named Mace

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Mace identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Maces

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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)

    Notable Maces come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mace

    Mace has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mace come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Mace?
    12,222 people in the United States had the surname Mace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,261 Americans. It ranked 2,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mace?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mace identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mace?
    Nancy Mace, American politician (born 1977), followed by Georgina M. Mace.
    Where is the surname Mace most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mace in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Mace?
    Mace is /meɪs/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Mace getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,222 in 2010, up 0.9%.
    Is Mace also a first name?
    Yes. Mace is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.