The Machado surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,170 people carried this name — #1,552 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,700 people counted. That is up 26% from 18,429 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 33,660 people named Machado 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
2,049 people named Machado live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 705 people named Machado.
Most of them — 395 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 60 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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 the Nordic population registers
61 people named Machado is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Machado in American newspapers,
1924–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,950 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Machado,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diogo Barbosa Machado 1682–1772 · writer -
Antonio Machado Núñez 1812–1896 · writer -
Benito Machado 1823–1909 · military personnel -
Machado de Assis 1839–1908 · writer -
Augusto Machado 1845–1924 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 208 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Machado.
- 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
- Mach 5,047 · 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
- Machin 1,971 · U.S. census
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