The Machen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,077 people carried this name — #14,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,984 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Machen surname
An English surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation].
Occupational surname for a stonemason, from Anglo-Norman machun, dialectal Norman variant of Old French maçon.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Machen» (English), 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 51 people named Machen.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
Machen in American newspapers,
1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 481,321 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Machen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Willis Benson Machen 1810–1893 · lawyer -
Arthur Machen 1863–1947 · writer -
Arthur Machen 1863–1947 · writer
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Lewis H. Machen 1871–1927 · lawyer -
John Gresham Machen 1881–1937 · university teacher -
Thomas Machen 1541–1614 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Machen.
- Macedo 8,433 · U.S. census
- Macera 521 · U.S. census
- Mach 5,047 · U.S. census
- Machado 23,170 · U.S. census
- Machain 465 · U.S. census
- Machart 294 · U.S. census
- Machi 525 · U.S. census
- Machicote 165 · U.S. census
- Machin 1,971 · U.S. census
- Machon 367 · U.S. census
- Machut 115 · U.S. census
- Macia 472 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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