Măc

given name · Latin script

Măc is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac.

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

Sources
63 (measured from records)

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)

Derivation of Măc: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Măc
  1. Middle Irishmac(measured from records)
  2. Old Irishmacc(measured from records)
  3. Primitive Irishᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔmaqqi(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Celtic*makkʷos(measured from records)

From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac.

Sources 5

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Scottish Surnames
  • Wiktionary
  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested across 36 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Măc 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 Măc 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Măc 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 Măc mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Dictionary of American Family Names and 3 other sources.
Is Măc a male or female name?
Măc is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Măc have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 3.9 thousand people named Măc, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Măc most common?
Măc is densest in Argentina, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Măc?
In Argentina, the national register counted 3,900 people named Măc, 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, “Măc”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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