The surname Maia
A surname, carried by 1,018 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M000 Also a first name
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,018 people named Maia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 662.
Who is named Maia
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
76% of people named Maia identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 76%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
Famous Maias
13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Arthur MaiaBrazilian association football player (1992-2016)
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaBrazilian tennis player, born 1996
- Thiago MaiaBrazilian footballer, born 1997
- Tim MaiaBrazilian singer, songwriter, producer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist (1942–1998)
- Demian MaiaBrazilian mixed martial artist, born 1977
- Pablo MaiaBrazilian footballer, born 2002
- Mel MaiaBrazilian child actress, born 2004
- Jennifer MaiaBrazilian martial artist, born 1988
- Marco MaiaBrazilian politician, born 1965
- Ana Paula MaiaBrazilian writer and screenwriter, born 1977
- Douglas MaiaBrazilian footballer, born 1989
- Cesar MaiaBrazilian politician, born 1945
Notable Maias come mostly from Brazil (12) and Italy (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Maia has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Maia?
- 1,018 people in the United States had the surname Maia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. It ranked 24,554th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Maia?
- In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Maia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Maia?
- Arthur Maia, Brazilian association football player (1992-2016), followed by Beatriz Haddad Maia.
- Where is the surname Maia most common?
- Wikidata records people named Maia in Brazil and Italy.
- Is the surname Maia getting more or less common?
- More common. 662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,018 in 2010, up 54%.
- Is Maia also a first name?
- Yes. Maia is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.