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    The surname Macon

    A surname, carried by 7,008 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈmeɪkən/ 2 syllables Soundex M250

    Macon: #5,013 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Macon #5,013, 7,008 people Macon: #5,013 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Macon #5,013, 7,008 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Macon is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,008 people named Macon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,056 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,592.

    #5,013
    rank among US surnames
    7,008
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,893)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,004Veliz7,02443,956
    #5,005Glaze7,02243,968
    #5,006Tarr7,02143,975
    #5,007Butt7,02043,981
    #5,009Carrasquillo7,01544,012
    #5,010Varghese7,01344,025
    #5,011McBee7,01144,037

    Who is named Macon

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

    61% of people named Macon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 61%
    • White (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Macon

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Macon come from?
    Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon.
    How common is the surname Macon?
    7,008 people in the United States had the surname Macon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,056 Americans. It ranked 5,013th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Macon?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Macon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Macon?
    Macon is /ˈmeɪkən/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Macon getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,008 in 2010, up 6.3%.