The Macedo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,797 people carried this name — #5,512 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
691 people named Macedo live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Macedo.
Most of them — 56 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Macedo in American newspapers,
1853–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,418 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Macedo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Macedo 1596–1681 · theologian -
António de Sousa de Macedo 1606–1682 · writer -
José Agostinho de Macedo 1761–1831 · writer -
Rufino Macedo 1790–1867 · politician -
Antônio Rodrigues Ferreira 1800–1859 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 174 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Macedo.
- Maccario 151 · U.S. census
- Macchi 507 · U.S. census
- Macchia 1,185 · U.S. census
- Maccio 158 · U.S. census
- Macdonald 45,782 · U.S. census
- Mace 12,114 · U.S. census
- Macera 484 · U.S. census
- Mach 4,770 · U.S. census
- Machado 18,429 · U.S. census
- Machain 319 · U.S. census
- Machart 257 · U.S. census
- Machen 1,984 · U.S. census
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