How common is the surname Maddux?

4,448 people in the United States had the surname Maddux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,412 Americans. It ranked 7,490th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Maddux?

Greg Maddux, American baseball player (born 1966).

Where is the surname Maddux most common?

Wikidata records people named Maddux in the United States.

Is the surname Maddux getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,448 in 2010, down 0.8%.

Is Maddux also a first name?

Yes. Maddux is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Maddux

A Welsh surname, carried by 4,448 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M320 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maddux is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

A surname from Welsh, variant of Maddox.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,448 people named Maddux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,412 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,485.

#7,490

rank among US surnames

4,448

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,901)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,486	Looper	4,451	69,365
#7,487	Garzon	4,450	69,381
#7,488	Leatherwood	4,449	69,397
#7,490	Maddux	4,448	69,412
#7,492	Garfield	4,447	69,428

Who is named Maddux

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Maddux identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Madduxs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Greg Maddux
American baseball player (born 1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Maddux

Maddux has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Maddux come from?: Maddux is Welsh in origin.
How common is the surname Maddux?: 4,448 people in the United States had the surname Maddux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,412 Americans. It ranked 7,490th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maddux?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Maddux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Maddux?: Greg Maddux, American baseball player (born 1966).
Where is the surname Maddux most common?: Wikidata records people named Maddux in the United States.
Is the surname Maddux getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,448 in 2010, down 0.8%.
Is Maddux also a first name?: Yes. Maddux is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.