Machuča
surname · Latin script
Machuča is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from machucar, machacar ‘to squash’, ‘to crush’, probably appUed as a nickname for someone who was obstinate.
- 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)
- Sources
- 256 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
16,114 people
Highest-authority source
Paraguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Machuca in PE Peru, AR Argentina, CL Chile 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)
from machucar, machacar ‘to squash’, ‘to crush’, probably appUed as a nickname for someone who was obstinate.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Machuča 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #407 | 16,114 | 1 in 2.8K | 16K | Machuca | 78 |
| PE Peru | #363 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Machuca | 70 |
| CL Chile | #332 | ≈6,700 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Machuca | 99 |
| US United States | — | 6,351 | 1 in 52K | 6.4K | Machuca | 256 |
| PY Paraguay | #206 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Machuca | 29 |
| SV El Salvador | #332 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Machuca | 36 |
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Machuča 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 and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- In which country does Machuča have the most bearers?
- In Argentina, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Machuča, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled machuca.
- How common is the name Machuča?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 16,114 people named Machuča, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Machuča compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Machuča 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, “Machuča” — the 407th most common surname in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.