The Macy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,203 people carried this name — #6,521 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,217).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Macy surname

Norman baronial surname from places named Massy in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Macy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Macy’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Alan Macy, Suffolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Macey and Macy.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 504 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

46 families named Macy, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 288 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 24
North Carolina 13
Connecticut 4
Pennsylvania 2
Virginia 2
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 251 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Macy in American newspapers,
1902–1914.

Newspaper page from The Lafayette Gazette carrying the name Macy
The Lafayette Gazette 1902-11-01
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Macy
The Portland Daily Press 1902-06-27
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Macy
The Sun 1914-07-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,240 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Macy in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

682 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Macy. The most, 185, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 239
Queensland 141
Victoria 114
Western Australia 80
South Australia 69
Tasmania 20
ACT (Canberra) 15
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Macy.

Who carried it

People named Macy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rowland Hussey Macy
    Rowland Hussey Macy 1822–1877 · entrepreneur
  • Deborah Coffin 1687–1760
  • David Macy 1714–1778
  • Dinah Macy 1720–1796
  • Eunice Macy 1724–1768
  • Anna Pinkham 1759–1833

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Macy,
in the records of 4 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 States637 records

637 records of the Macy name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 237
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 190
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 47
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leonard Macy

    Born 1919 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Newark, New Jersey; painter. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Dean Macy

    Born 1948; from Columbus, Indiana. U.S. Army, heavy vehicle driver; died in an accident 1969 in Tuyen Duc, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Macy

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the France from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 637 records for Macy in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Macy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Macy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 7; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joan Marie Macy

    Microbiologist of Toorak, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joseph Macy

    Died 1879 in Portland, Tasmania, aged 32.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Macy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France3 records

3 records of the Macy 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 Simon Macy

    Born 1902 in Gros-Morne; died 1991 in La Trinité (Martinique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Simone Macy

    Born 1901 in Gros-Morne; died 1994 in Fort-de-France (Martinique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Macy 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Macy name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Christina Macy

    Buried in 1997 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record A. Macy

    Central Ontario Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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