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    The surname Maes

    A surname, carried by 6,033 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Maes: #5,746 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maes #5,746, 6,033 people Maes: #5,746 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maes #5,746, 6,033 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maes is more common than 96.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,033 people named Maes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,176 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,640.

    #5,746
    rank among US surnames
    6,033
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,644)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,737Klug6,04151,108
    #5,738Nason6,04051,117
    #5,739Parton6,03951,125
    #5,740Futrell6,03851,134
    #5,741Duron6,03751,142
    #5,742Cordes6,03551,159
    #5,743Lampkin6,03451,168

    Who is named Maes

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

    59% of people named Maes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 38% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Maess

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sylvère Maes
      Belgian cyclist (1909–1966)
    • Romain Maes
      Belgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)
    • Sam Maes
      Belgian alpine skier, born 1998
    • Tove Maës
      Actress (1921–2010)
    • Femke Maes
      Association football player, born 1980
    • Gino Maes
      Belgian association footballer (born 1957)
    • Pattie Maes
      Belgian computer scientist, born 1961
    • Sven Maes
      Belgian musician, born 1973
    • Jef Maes
      Belgian musician (1905–1996)
    • Caroline Maes
      Belgian tennis player, born 1982

    Notable Maess come mostly from Belgium (9) and the Kingdom of Denmark (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maes

    Maes has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Maes?
    6,033 people in the United States had the surname Maes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,176 Americans. It ranked 5,746th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maes?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Maes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maes?
    Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (1909–1966), followed by Romain Maes.
    Where is the surname Maes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maes in Belgium and the Kingdom of Denmark.
    Is the surname Maes getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,033 in 2010, up 7.0%.