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The Macari surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 762 people carried this name — #30,600 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 729 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Macari surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Macario.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Macari» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Macari.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Alpes-Maritimes 27
Rhône 19
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 17
Hautes-Alpes 12
Paris 12
Gard 11
Haute-Vienne 9
Isère 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 102 people named Macari live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 50
Santa Fe 39
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Macari is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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