# Mach (surname)

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

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,047 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,692 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 61,174 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (4,770 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /mɑːk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mach 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 29% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mach in Kingdom of Bohemia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Mach

- Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916)
- David Mach, British artist (born 1956)
- Marilyn vos Savant, American magazine columnist, author and lecturer

## Similar surnames

Mauch, Mash, Macha, Moch, Machi, Mack, Mackey, Mace, Mackay, Mackie, Macy, McGaha.

## 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.