How common is the surname Mah?

2,571 people in the United States had the surname Mah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,088 Americans. It ranked 12,124th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mah getting more or less common?

More common. 2,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,571 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Mah

A surname, carried by 2,571 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mah is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

From Chinese 馬／马 (Cantonese: maa⁵, Hokkien: Má, Mandarin: Mǎ), or other sources.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,571 people named Mah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,088 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,553.

#12,124

rank among US surnames

2,571

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,346)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,115	Shipe	2,573	119,994
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088
#12,127	Nath	2,570	120,134
#12,130	Hammers	2,569	120,181
#12,132	Sugg	2,568	120,228

Who is named Mah

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

76% of people named Mah identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
White (not Hispanic) 9.9%
Two or more races 7.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mah

Mah has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.

Questions

Where does the surname Mah come from?: From Chinese 馬／马 (Cantonese: maa⁵, Hokkien: Má, Mandarin: Mǎ), or other sources.
How common is the surname Mah?: 2,571 people in the United States had the surname Mah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,088 Americans. It ranked 12,124th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mah?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Mah identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mah getting more or less common?: More common. 2,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,571 in 2010, up 0.7%.