The Machuca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,351 people carried this name — #5,475 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,500 people counted. That is up 41% from 4,492 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 16,114 people named Machuca 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 5,586
Santa Fe 2,343
Corrientes 1,827
Córdoba 1,256
Chaco 1,106
City of Buenos Aires 567
Mendoza 401
Formosa 401

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Machuca in American newspapers,
1922–1930.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Machuca
El Tucsonense 1922-02-09
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Machuca
El Tucsonense 1922-02-09
Newspaper page from La Opinión carrying the name Machuca
La Opinión 1930-06-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,091 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Machuca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Manuel Machuca
    Manuel Machuca 1924–1985 · association football player
  • Francisco de Vargas Machuca 1656–1720 · physician
  • Matías Machuca 1700–1736 · architect
  • Santiago Machuca 1929–2024 · athlete

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Machuca,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States85 records

85 records of the Machuca name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 61
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Maria E. Machuca

    Born 1913. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at New York City; packer from Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Henry O. Machuca

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1945, died 1968; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Jose A. Machuca

    Born 1920 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Chicago, Illinois, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 85 records for Machuca in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Machuca name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Purificacion Machuca

    Born 1916 in Spain; died 1998 in Plaisance-du-Touch (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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Surnames next to Machuca.

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