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    The surname Mach

    A Czech surname, carried by 5,047 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /mɑːk/ 1 syllable Soundex M200

    Mach: #6,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mach #6,692, 5,047 people Mach: #6,692 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mach #6,692, 5,047 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mach is more common than 95.9% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    * 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).

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,047 people named Mach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,174 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,770.

    #6,692
    rank among US surnames
    5,047
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #6,552)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,688Nevins5,05261,114
    #6,690Roos5,05161,126
    #6,691Fricke5,04861,162
    #6,692Mach5,04761,174
    #6,694Kenner5,04561,198
    #6,697Pagel5,04361,223

    Who is named Mach

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

    63% of people named Mach identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Machs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ernst Mach
      Austrian physicist (1838–1916)
    • David Mach
      British artist (born 1956)
    • Marilyn vos Savant
      American magazine columnist, author and lecturer, born 1946

    Notable Machs come mostly from Kingdom of Bohemia (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mach

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

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mach come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Mach?
    5,047 people in the United States had the surname Mach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,174 Americans. It ranked 6,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mach?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Mach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Mach?
    Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916), followed by David Mach.
    Where is the surname Mach most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mach in Kingdom of Bohemia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Mach?
    Mach is /mɑːk/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Mach getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,047 in 2010, up 5.8%.