Machuca

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from machucar, machacar ‘to squash’, ‘to crush’, probably appUed as a nickname for someone who was obstinate

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/matʃuka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CLChile≈1 in 2.7K
  • ARArgentina1 in 2.8K

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.

Argentina (measured from records)

16,114 people

Sources
256 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Paraguay, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from machucar, machacar ‘to squash’, ‘to crush’, probably appUed as a nickname for someone who was obstinate.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Machuca 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 Machuca is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#40716,1141 in 2.8K16KMachuca78
PE Peru#363≈11,000 est.≈1 in 2.8K—Machuca70
CL Chile#332≈6,700 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Machuca99
US United States—6,3511 in 52K6.4KMachuca256
PY Paraguay#206≈4,700 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Machuca29
SV El Salvador#332≈2,000 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Machuca36

16,114 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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Machuca is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Mäçhûčå

  • Italian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Peru, United States, Paraguay

    Also written Mãçhüçå, Machùca

  • Ukrainian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, Peru

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian

    Also written Мачука, Machuka, Machuča

39 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)

Machuca 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.

  • Brasil, Portugal, Amsterdam, Ciudad de Mexico

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

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)

1400160018002000Pietro Spagnolo, b. 1490Alberto Conrad, b. 1910Manuel Machuca, b. 1924Juan Machuca, b. 1951Anggello Machuca, b. 1984Edgar Machuca, b. 1989Alexis Machuca, b. 1990Brian Machuca, b. 1995Imanol Machuca, b. 2000

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)

FormalEstimado/a Machuca,Dear Machuca, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Machuca,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Machuca
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—16K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020106.4K#5,475
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020206.3K#5,356
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020004.5K#6,893
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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 Machuca mean, and where does it come from?
from machucar, machacar ‘to squash’, ‘to crush’, probably appUed as a nickname for someone who was obstinate. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Machuca?
A machine transcription gives /matʃuka/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Machuca have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Machuca, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled machuca.
How common is the name Machuca?
In Argentina, the national register counted 16,114 people named Machuca, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
How common is Machuca compared with other names?
In Argentina, Machuca is the 407th most common surname of 398,256 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Machuca” — the 407th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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