# Maier (surname)

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

A German surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,135 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,557 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,843 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (13,929 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maier 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maier in Austria.

## People named Maier

- Hermann Maier, Austrian alpine skier
- Ruth Maier, Austrian author and holocaust victim (1920–1942)
- Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (1967-1994)
- Samuel Maier, Austrian skeleton racer
- Benjamin Maier, Austrian bobsledder
- Harald Maier, Austrian cyclist

## Similar surnames

Meier, Marr, Mier, Mauer, Marie, Mair, Mähr, Miera, Mari, Mayr, Mayer, Maher.

## 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.