# Maia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 303,286 people |
| Change since 2000 | +54% (662 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maia in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maia in Brazil and Italy.

## People named Maia

- Arthur Maia, Brazilian association football player (1992-2016)
- Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player
- Thiago Maia, Brazilian footballer
- Tim Maia, Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist (1942–1998)
- Demian Maia, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Pablo Maia, Brazilian footballer
- Mel Maia, Brazilian child actress
- Jennifer Maia, Brazilian martial artist
- Marco Maia, Brazilian politician
- Ana Paula Maia, Brazilian writer and screenwriter
- Douglas Maia, Brazilian footballer
- Cesar Maia, Brazilian politician

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Ma, Mai, Maio, Maya, May, Mayo, Moya, Moua, Moe, Mayhew, Moy, Mei.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.