# Maeda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maeda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Japanese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Japanese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,181 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,855 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 141,561 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.9% (2,245 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mayeda |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 前田 (Maeda).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maeda in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 67% |
| Two or more races | 8.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maeda in the United States.

## People named Maeda

- John Maeda, American artist and computer scientist (b. 1966)

## Similar surnames

Mata, Mead, Maida, Maday, Mate, Moody, Meade, Mott, Mota, Mehta, Mathew, Mateo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.