The Mack surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 71,056 people carried this name — #468 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,150 people counted. That is up 6% from 67,154 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 20 births for the Mack name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Limerick, Tipperary, and Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 269 people named Mack.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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
252 people named Mack live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 115 people named Mack 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.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 32 people named Mack live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Mack 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
Mack in American newspapers,
1892–1909.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Mack,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stephan Mack d. 1758 · physician
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Stephan Mack d. 1758 · physician
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Hugh Edward Mack d. 2004
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Johann Mack d. 1931
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Mary Mack d. 1912
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Grechario Mack d. 2018
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mack.
- Machon 367 · U.S. census
- Machut 115 · U.S. census
- Macia 472 · U.S. census
- Maciag 550 · U.S. census
- Macias 62,227 · U.S. census
- Maciejewski 2,590 · U.S. census
- Macke 2,399 · U.S. census
- Mackenzie 13,733 · U.S. census
- Macker 275 · U.S. census
- Mackiewicz 1,423 · U.S. census
- Mackowiak 958 · U.S. census
- Maclin 2,673 · U.S. census
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