The Maciel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,500 people carried this name — #3,142 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted. That is up 37% from 8,407 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 44,311 people named Maciel 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
135 people named Maciel live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 33 people named Maciel.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Charente-Maritime.
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
Maciel in American newspapers,
1925–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 790 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Maciel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tomás Antônio Maciel Monteiro, 1st Baron of Itamaracá 1780–1847 · judge -
Antônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro, 2nd Baron of Itamaracá 1804–1868 · writer -
Santiago Maciel 1865–1931 · writer -
Enrique Maciel 1897–1962 · composer -
Marcial Maciel 1920–2008 · priest
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Marcial Maciel: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 93 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Maciel,
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 States306 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 229
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 50
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
- Sacramento County historic burials 7
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Richard F. MacielBorn 1918 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Sacramento; farm hand from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1946, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Peter MacielBorn 1946; from Ft Collins, Colorado. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Joe MacielU.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 2000; buried at Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 306 records for Maciel in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France5 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Manuel MacielBorn 1934 in Portugal; died 1995 in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Patricia MacielBorn 1963 in Thionville (Moselle); died 1989 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Adelino MacielBorn 1946 in Portugal; died 1998 in Grigny (Essonne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Maciel in France.
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maciel.
- Machuca 6,351 · U.S. census
- Machut 115 · U.S. census
- Macia 472 · U.S. census
- Maciąg 550 · U.S. census
- Macias 62,227 · U.S. census
- Maciejewski 2,590 · U.S. census
- Mack 71,056 · U.S. census
- Mackay 9,886 · U.S. census
- Macke 2,399 · U.S. census
- Mackenzie 13,733 · U.S. census
- Macker 275 · U.S. census
- Mackey 30,749 · U.S. census
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