How common is the surname Maier?

14,135 people in the United States had the surname Maier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,843 Americans. It ranked 2,557th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Maier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Maier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Maier?

Hermann Maier, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Ruth Maier.

Where is the surname Maier most common?

Wikidata records people named Maier in Austria.

Is the surname Maier getting more or less common?

More common. 13,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,135 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Maier

A surname, carried by 14,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maier is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

A German surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,135 people named Maier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,843 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,929.

#2,557

rank among US surnames

14,135

people in 2010

4.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,385)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,548	Villasenor	14,180	21,773
#2,549	Breen	14,170	21,789
#2,550	Gant	14,167	21,793
#2,551	Kong	14,165	21,796
#2,552	Way	14,157	21,809
#2,553	Kaminski	14,152	21,816
#2,554	Vanhorn	14,151	21,818

Who is named Maier

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

95% of people named Maier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Maiers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hermann Maier
Austrian alpine skier, born 1972
Ruth Maier
Austrian author and holocaust victim (1920–1942)
Ulrike Maier
Austrian alpine skier (1967-1994)
Samuel Maier
Austrian skeleton racer, born 1999
Benjamin Maier
Austrian bobsledder, born 1994
Harald Maier
Austrian cyclist, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maier

Maier has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Maier?: 14,135 people in the United States had the surname Maier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,843 Americans. It ranked 2,557th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Maier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Maier?: Hermann Maier, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Ruth Maier.
Where is the surname Maier most common?: Wikidata records people named Maier in Austria.
Is the surname Maier getting more or less common?: More common. 13,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,135 in 2010, up 1.5%.