Machèn

surname · Latin script

Machèn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Occupational surname for a stonemason, from Anglo-Norman machun, dialectal Norman variant of Old French maçon. Compare Mason.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 140K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 160K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 142K

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.

United States (measured from records)

2,077 people, 2010

Sources
260 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 140K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Machen in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 3 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)

Occupational surname for a stonemason, from Anglo-Norman machun, dialectal Norman variant of Old French maçon. Compare Mason.

Sources 5

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Welsh Surnames
  • A Frequency Dictionary of German
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Machèn 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 Machèn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,0771 in 160K2.1KMachen260
GB United Kingdom≈470 est.≈1 in 140KlistedMachen87
NG Nigeria≈400 est.≈1 in 533K—Machen11
IT Italy≈360 est.≈1 in 173K—Machen1
AU Australia≈180 est.≈1 in 142K—Machen55
SG Singapore≈38 est.≈1 in 165K—Machen1

2,077 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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. 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

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Machèn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Machèn mean, and where does it come from?
Occupational surname for a stonemason, from Anglo-Norman machun, dialectal Norman variant of Old French maçon. Compare Mason. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Welsh Surnames and 3 other sources.
In which country does Machèn have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Machèn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled machen.
How common is the name Machèn?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,077 people named Machèn in 2010, about 1 in 160 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, “Machèn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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