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

Machicote, 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 Machicote surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Machicote in America

Machicote is the 107669th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Machicote surname appeared 165 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 Machicote.

We can also compare 2010 data for Machicote 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 Machicote

The surname Machicote has its origins in the Basque Country, a region spanning parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. It is believed to have emerged in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century.

The name Machicote is thought to derive from a combination of Basque words or toponyms related to specific geographic features or locations. One possible etymology traces it to the Basque words "machi" (hill) and "kote" (small), suggesting it may have referred to someone living near a small hill or mound.

Early records mentioning this surname are scarce, as comprehensive record-keeping was less common during that era. However, some historians have found references to individuals with variations of the name Machicote in local parish registers and municipal documents from the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Juan de Machicote, a landowner and local official who lived in the village of Aia, Gipuzkoa, in the late 15th century. Another notable figure was María Machicote, a wealthy merchant from Bilbao, Bizkaia, who was active in the city's trade guilds in the early 1600s.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Machicote surname began to spread beyond the Basque region as families migrated to other parts of Spain and the Americas. Sebastián Machicote, born in 1712 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, became a successful entrepreneur in Madrid and played a role in the development of the city's textile industry.

During the colonial era, several Machicotes settled in various regions of Spanish America, including Mexico and Peru. One notable example is Ignacio Machicote, a Spanish military officer who served in the Viceroyalty of Peru in the late 18th century and participated in expeditions to the Amazon basin.

As the Machicote surname continued to disperse over the centuries, it underwent various spelling variations, such as Machicotti, Machicota, and Machicotti, reflecting local pronunciations and adaptations. Despite its relatively low frequency, the name has persisted across multiple generations and continues to be carried by families with Basque roots or connections to the regions where it originated.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Machicote

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

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 Machicote 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 Machicote 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 Machicote was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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