Macias

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

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)

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

Macias is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name7 spellings in the group

  Also written Maćias, Maciás, Macías, Macǐas, Macia-S

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Ecuador, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Macías

• Croatian surname11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Ecuador, Croatia

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Macías, Mâčïâš

• Romanian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom

  Also written Macías, Macìas

• Hebrew surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Morocco, Spain

  Also written מסיאס, Masias, Macías

43 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)

Macias is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from a variant of the personal name Mati'as (see Matthew).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Portuguese, feminine plural of macio

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

• Caroline Smithb. 1906USnot in their usual nameAmerican diver (1906–1994)
• Zbigniew Maciasb. 1954PLPolish actor and singer
• Pere Macias i Araub. 1956ESCatalan politician
• Nathan Maciasb. 1960USAmerican military officer, businessman, and former Texas state representative
• Patrick Maciasb. 1972USAmerican author and journalist
• José Macias Villamarb. 1979ECEcuadorian criminal (born 1979)
• Drew Maciasb. 1983USAmerican baseball player
• Mario Maciasb. 1985MXMexican boxer
• Tommy Maciasb. 1993SESwedish judoka (1993-)
• Marcela MaciasMXMexican actress

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)

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Macias mean, and where does it come from?

Messias; Messiah; Toledo, Constantine, Rif Sous, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….

How do you pronounce Macias?

A machine transcription gives /maθjas/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Macias have the most bearers?

In Ecuador, the national register counted about 115 thousand people named Macias, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled macias.

Where is Macias most common?

Macias is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 147 people carrying it.

How common is the name Macias?

In Ecuador, the national register counted 115,302 people named Macias in 2024, about 1 in 147 residents.

How common is Macias compared with other names?

In Ecuador, Macias is the 14th most common surname of 34,511 surnames recorded there.