# Mainer (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 582 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,103 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 530,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.3% (635 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) and *harjaz (“army”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mainer 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) | 56% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Minor, Miner, Maynor, Manor, Minner, Maner, Minier, Minear, Mainor, Monier, Minero, Manner.

## 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.