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    The surname Mahood

    A patronymic surname, carried by 903 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M300

    Mahood: #26,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mahood #26,887, 903 people Mahood: #26,887 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mahood #26,887, 903 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mahood is more common than 83.4% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Irish surname, shortened from MacHood, from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”), in which Ó (“descendant”) has been replaced by mac (“son”). "Ud" is of uncertain origin, but could be a Gaelic rendering of an Old Norse name such as Óðr. Compare Hood. * As an English surname, variant of Maude.

    Mahood is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 903 people named Mahood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 341,911 Americans. That is down 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,170.

    #26,887
    rank among US surnames
    903
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -22.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,945)

    Who is named Mahood

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

    91% of people named Mahood identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mahood

    Mahood has the Soundex code M300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mahood come from?
    * As an Irish surname, shortened from MacHood, from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”), in which Ó (“descendant”) has been replaced by mac (“son”). "Ud" is of uncertain origin, but could be a Gaelic rendering of an Old Norse name such as Óðr. Compare Hood. * As an English surname, variant of Maude.
    How common is the surname Mahood?
    903 people in the United States had the surname Mahood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 341,911 Americans. It ranked 26,887th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mahood?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mahood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Mahood?
    Mahood is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Mahood getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 903 in 2010, down 23%.