Machen Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Arms linked to Machin and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Machen

Machen is one more way Machin has been written over the centuries. At root, the name means “Stonemason”.

Machen writes “e” in place of the “i” found in Machin, a common scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. About 2,077 people in the United States were recorded as Machen in 2010, placing it 14,392 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. 133 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Machen name at birth.

Research your Machen family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.