Mächel
surname · Latin script
Mächel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mozambique than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks. see Machell .
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
- MZMozambique≈1 in 52K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 124K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Mozambique (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 123 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)
≈580 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Mozambique, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Machel in US United States, PH Philippines, ZA South Africa and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks. see Machell .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mächel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MZ Mozambique | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 52K | 1 | — | 2 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Machel | 10 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 681K | — | Machel | 11 |
| US United States | 302 | 1 in 1.1M | 193 | Machel | 123 |
| PH Philippines | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 545K | — | Machel | 9 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 138K | — | Machel | 5 |
| GY Guyana | 6 | 1 in 125K | 6 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mächel mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): WR Yorks. see Machell . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Mächel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 584 people named Mächel in Mozambique, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Mächel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 302 people named Mächel in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/m%C3%A4chelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mächel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.