Machai

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 5.4M(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 19M

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.

Czechia (measured from records)

2 people

Sources
43 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.4M (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Machai 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 Machai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia21 in 5.4M2——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
ZA South Africa———Machai6
DE Germany———Machai21
US United States——242Machai43
TZ Tanzania———Machai6

2 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)

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

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Ecuador, Mexico, Mozambique

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Machaï

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia

    Also written Máçhai

  • Thai surname121 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Indonesia, Algeria

    Also written มีชัย, มนัสชัย, Meechai, มีใจ, มใจ

  • Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Мачай, Мачаи

30 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Machai,
InformalHi Machai,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Machai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2#177,963
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#361,129

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Machai?
A machine transcription gives /mɑtʃai/ (IPA) for Swahili.
In which country does Machai have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 2 people named Machai, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Machai most common?
Machai is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.4 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Machai?
In Czechia, the national register counted 2 people named Machai, about 1 in 5.4 million 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, “Machai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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