Macomber Family

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About the Macomber surname

The surname Macomber is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Ma-kon-bé/makɔ̃be/

Most frequent given names among the Macomber family

Men

  1. 1Gervais39
  2. 2John27
  3. 3William17
  4. 4Alexandre11
  5. 5Jean-Baptiste6

Women

  1. 1Agathe24
  2. 2Louise20
  3. 3Marie-Louise11
  4. 4Nancy9
  5. 5Marie-Anne8
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The Macomber name in our genealogy archives

482occurrences in our collections
7collections containing this name
1771First mention of the name
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