# Maes (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,033 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,746 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,176 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (5,640 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maes 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) | 38% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 59% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maes in Belgium and the Kingdom of Denmark.

## People named Maes

- Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (1909–1966)
- Romain Maes, Belgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)
- Sam Maes, Belgian alpine skier
- Tove Maës, actress (1921–2010)
- Femke Maes, association football player
- Gino Maes, Belgian association footballer (born 1957)
- Pattie Maes, Belgian computer scientist
- Sven Maes, Belgian musician
- Jef Maes, Belgian musician (1905–1996)
- Caroline Maes, Belgian tennis player

## Similar surnames

Massey, Mays, Mesa, Mace, Maas, Massa, Maze, Maus, Masse, Masi, Mass, Macey.

## 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.