How common is the surname Machin?

1,971 people in the United States had the surname Machin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,644 Americans. It ranked 14,991st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Machin?

Gastón Machín, Argentine footballer.

Where is the surname Machin most common?

Wikidata records people named Machin in Argentina.

How do you pronounce Machin?

Machin is /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Machin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,971 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Machin

A Norman occupational surname, carried by 1,971 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/ 2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Machin is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason.

Machin is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,971 people named Machin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,644 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,630.

#14,991

rank among US surnames

1,971

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+20.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,281)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,986	Fuentez	1,972	156,565
#14,991	Nicola	1,971	156,644
#14,995	Stutler	1,970	156,724

Who is named Machin

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

53% of people named Machin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 42%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Machins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gastón Machín
Argentine footballer, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Machin

Machin has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Machin come from?: From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason.
How common is the surname Machin?: 1,971 people in the United States had the surname Machin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,644 Americans. It ranked 14,991st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Machin?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Machin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Machin?: Gastón Machín, Argentine footballer.
Where is the surname Machin most common?: Wikidata records people named Machin in Argentina.
How do you pronounce Machin?: Machin is /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Machin?: Machin is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Machin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,971 in 2010, up 21%.