How common is the surname Mahone?

3,956 people in the United States had the surname Mahone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,045 Americans. It ranked 8,369th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mahone?

William Mahone, American civil war general and politician (1826-1895).

Where is the surname Mahone most common?

Wikidata records people named Mahone in the United States.

How do you pronounce Mahone?

Mahone is /məˈhoʊn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mahone getting more or less common?

More common. 3,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,956 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Mahone

A surname, carried by 3,956 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈhoʊn/ 2 syllables Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mahone is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,956 people named Mahone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,045 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,499.

#8,369

rank among US surnames

3,956

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+13.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025
#8,369	Bressler	3,956	78,045
#8,372	Ardoin	3,955	78,065
#8,373	Greenleaf	3,954	78,084

Who is named Mahone

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

66% of people named Mahone identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 66%
White (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Mahones

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Mahone
American civil war general and politician (1826-1895)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mahone

Mahone has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Questions

How common is the surname Mahone?: 3,956 people in the United States had the surname Mahone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,045 Americans. It ranked 8,369th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mahone?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Mahone identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mahone?: William Mahone, American civil war general and politician (1826-1895).
Where is the surname Mahone most common?: Wikidata records people named Mahone in the United States.
How do you pronounce Mahone?: Mahone is /məˈhoʊn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mahone getting more or less common?: More common. 3,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,956 in 2010, up 13%.