The Majcher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 605 people carried this name — #36,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 547 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Majcher surname
Borrowed from dialectal Polish Majcher, from Melchior, from Latin Melchior.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Majcher» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
7,773 people named Majcher have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 8,515 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Majcher.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Majcher live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Majcher 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).
Who carried it
People named Majcher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Władysław Majcher 1920–1944 -
Genowefa Majcher 1917–2003
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Genowefa Majcher 1920–1996 · mathematician
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Stanisław Majcher 1925–2001
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Milan Majcher 1928–2014 · economist
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Stanisław Majcher 1936–2014 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Majcher.
- Mais 738 · U.S. census
- Maison 707 · U.S. census
- Maisonneuve 346 · U.S. census
- Maitre 514 · U.S. census
- Maiz 176 · U.S. census
- Maj 470 · U.S. census
- Majchrzak 709 · U.S. census
- Majer 483 · U.S. census
- Majerus 1,276 · U.S. census
- Majewski 5,126 · U.S. census
- Majka 1,571 · U.S. census
- Major 20,977 · U.S. census
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