Find out how popular the last name Macer is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Macer.

Macer, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Macer surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Macer in America

Macer is the 65424th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Macer surname appeared 303 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Macer.

We can also compare 2010 data for Macer to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Macer

The surname MACER originated from the Scottish Borders region along the English/Scottish border in the medieval period. It is derived from the Old English word "macer" which referred to a mace-bearer or sergeant-at-arms. This suggests the original bearers of the name held positions of authority or service in noble households or local government.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname dates back to the early 13th century in the county of Roxburghshire, located in the Scottish Borders region. A man named Richard Macer is mentioned in the Ragman Rolls of 1296, which recorded the nobles who swore allegiance to King Edward I of England following his invasion of Scotland.

In the 14th century, the name appears in various medieval manuscripts and records from the Scottish Borders area. A certain Johannes Macer is noted as a witness to a charter granted by Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, in 1326. Around this time, the spelling variations included Macere, Maceir, and Masere.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname was Sir Thomas Macer (c.1370-1450), a Scottish knight who fought in the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402 during the Anglo-Scottish Wars. He later served as Sheriff of Roxburghshire in the 1430s.

The MACER name is also associated with certain place names in the Scottish Borders region, such as Macer's Croft near Jedburgh, which likely took its name from a local landowner or tenant bearing the surname in the medieval era.

Another notable figure was John Macer (1605-1679), a Scottish writer and poet from East Lothian who published works in Latin and Greek. His poem "Hecatombe Christiana" was printed in 1642 and dedicated to King Charles I.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Macer

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Macer.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Macer was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Macer has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Macer was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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