How common is the surname Maffei?

2,187 people in the United States had the surname Maffei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. It ranked 13,824th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Maffei?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maffei identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Maffei?

Dan Maffei, American politician, followed by Marcantonio Maffei.

Where is the surname Maffei most common?

Wikidata records people named Maffei in the United States.

Is the surname Maffei getting more or less common?

More common. 2,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,187 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Maffei

An Italian surname, carried by 2,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maffei is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Maffei.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,187 people named Maffei in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,169.

#13,824

rank among US surnames

2,187

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,961)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,815	O'Rear	2,188	141,109
#13,824	Petrey	2,187	141,173
#13,830	Gammons	2,186	141,238

Who is named Maffei

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

94% of people named Maffei identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Maffeis

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Maffei
American politician, born 1968
Marcantonio Maffei
Archbishop and Cardinal, 1521–1583

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maffei

Mahaffey

Maffei has the Soundex code M100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M100.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Maffei come from?: Borrowed from Italian Maffei.
How common is the surname Maffei?: 2,187 people in the United States had the surname Maffei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. It ranked 13,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maffei?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Maffei identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Maffei?: Dan Maffei, American politician, followed by Marcantonio Maffei.
Where is the surname Maffei most common?: Wikidata records people named Maffei in the United States.
Is the surname Maffei getting more or less common?: More common. 2,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,187 in 2010, up 0.8%.