The Macario surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,787 people carried this name — #16,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 115% from 830 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 370 people named Macario 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 228 people named Macario.
48 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Macario live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Macario,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emilio Baj Macario 1870–1929 · politician -
Erminio Macario 1902–1980 · screenwriter -
Erminio Macario 1902–1980 · screenwriter -
Maurice Macario 1811–1898 · physician
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Raffaele Macario 1909–1993 · Catholic priest
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Luigi Macario 1920–1994 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Macario.
- Mabile 477 · U.S. census
- Mabon 883 · U.S. census
- Mabrouk 225 · U.S. census
- Mac 2,321 · U.S. census
- Macaluso 4,542 · U.S. census
- Macari 762 · U.S. census
- Macary 166 · U.S. census
- Maccari 130 · U.S. census
- Maccario 152 · U.S. census
- Macchi 550 · U.S. census
- Macchia 1,185 · U.S. census
- Maccio 161 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Macario is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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