About Mackabee
The surname Mackabee is of Hebrew origin and is derived from the Hebrew name "Maccabee," meaning "hammer." It is a patronymic surname, indicating that it was originally used to identify the descendants of a person named Maccabee. The name is most famously associated with the Maccabees, a Jewish family who led a successful rebellion against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. Today, the surname Mackabee is relatively rare and is primarily found among Jewish communities.
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Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Mackabee based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Mackabee in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
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