The surname Maestas
A surname, carried by 8,296 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M232
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,296 people named Maestas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,216 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,830.
Who is named Maestas
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Maestas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
- White (not Hispanic) 16%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Two or more races 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Maestas
Maestas has the Soundex code M232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M232.
Questions
- How common is the surname Maestas?
- 8,296 people in the United States had the surname Maestas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,216 Americans. It ranked 4,287th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Maestas?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Maestas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Maestas getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,296 in 2010, up 6.0%.