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    The surname Maceda

    A Galician surname, carried by 1,124 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M230

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maceda is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

    From Spanish, of Galician origin.

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,124 people named Maceda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,685 Americans. That is up 78% since 2000, when the Census counted 632.

    #22,791
    rank among US surnames
    1,124
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +77.8%
    change since 2000 (was #33,993)

    Who is named Maceda

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

    76% of people named Maceda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 9.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Maceda

    Maceda has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maceda come from?
    From Spanish, of Galician origin.
    How common is the surname Maceda?
    1,124 people in the United States had the surname Maceda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,685 Americans. It ranked 22,791st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maceda?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Maceda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Maceda getting more or less common?
    More common. 632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,124 in 2010, up 78%.