The Mach surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,047 people carried this name — #6,692 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,770 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
4,782 people named Mach have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,336 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 272 people named Mach.
75 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
123 people named Mach live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Mach 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
106 people named Mach are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mach in American newspapers,
1904–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 421,550 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mach,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Ernst Mach 1838–1916 · photographer -
Franz Mach 1845–1917 · writer -
Edmund Mach 1846–1901 · chemist -
Jan Miroslav Mach d. 2021 · electrotechnician
-
José Mach 1810–1885 · writer
-
Josep Mach i Escriu 1810–1855 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mach.
- Macchia 1,185 · U.S. census
- Maccio 161 · U.S. census
- Macdonald 46,717 · U.S. census
- Mace 12,222 · U.S. census
- Macedo 8,433 · U.S. census
- Macera 521 · U.S. census
- Machado 23,170 · U.S. census
- Machain 465 · U.S. census
- Machart 294 · U.S. census
- Machen 2,077 · U.S. census
- Machi 525 · U.S. census
- Machicote 165 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mach 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.