Mạc

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Sino-Vietnamese reading of 幕

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries

/mak˨˩˨/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mạc is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 143K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 12K
  • PLPoland1 in 24K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

3,900 people

Record sources
63 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mac in US United States.

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)

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 幕

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 36 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Mạc 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.

Where Mạc is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina3,9001 in 12K3.9K—1
US United States2,3211 in 143K7.1KMac63
PL Poland1,5891 in 24K796——
CZ Czechia631 in 170K63——
DK Denmark491 in 120K49——

3,900 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Mạc is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Arabic

    Also written Mac, Mäc, Maç, Mac', Mäç

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Mač, Mać, Mác, Mac, Mặc

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Măc, Mặc, Mac

  • Spanish surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, France, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Mac, Mac', Maç, Ma-C, Ma'C

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Mạc is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Vietnamese, Họ Mạc; triều Mạc đã cướp ngôi nhà Hậu Lê.

    as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1400160018002000Mạc Thái Tổ, b. 1483Mạc Thái Tông, b. 1500Luo Fu, b. 1928Timothy Mo, b. 1950Mo Yan, b. 1955Max Mok, b. 1962Karen Mok, b. 1970Siala-Mou Siliga, b. 1970Monica Mok, b. 1981Mạc Hồng Quân, b. 1992
  • Mạc Thái Tổb. 1483VNEmperor of Vietnam and the founder of the Mạc dynasty
  • Mạc Thái Tôngb. 1500VNSecond Emperor of the Mạc dynasty
  • Luo Fub. 1928TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese poet (1928–2018)
  • Timothy Mob. 1950GBnot in their usual namenovelist
  • Mo Yanb. 1955CNnot in their usual nameChinese novelist and screenwriter
  • Max Mokb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor and singer
  • Karen Mokb. 1970CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress and singer-songwriter
  • Siala-Mou Siligab. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican Samoan martial arts fighter (born 1970)
  • Monica Mokb. 1981CNnot in their usual nameactress
  • Mạc Hồng Quânb. 1992VNVietnamese footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mạc mean, and where does it come from?
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 幕 Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Mạc?
A machine transcription gives /mak˨˩˨/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
In which country does Mạc have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 3.9 thousand people named Mạc, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Mạc most common?
Mạc is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Mạc?
In Argentina, the national register counted 3,900 people named Mạc, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.

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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, “Mạc”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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