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    The surname Maines

    A surname, carried by 4,196 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M520

    Maines: #7,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maines #7,891, 4,196 people Maines: #7,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maines #7,891, 4,196 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maines is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,196 people named Maines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,581 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,052.

    #7,891
    rank among US surnames
    4,196
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,568)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,882Fritsch4,19973,528
    #7,885Gallaher4,19873,546
    #7,888Llanes4,19773,563
    #7,891Strasser4,19673,581
    #7,894Gallimore4,19573,598
    #7,896Brawley4,19373,634
    #7,898Hartsfield4,19273,651

    Who is named Maines

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

    90% of people named Maines identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mainess

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Natalie Maines
      American singer; lead vocalist for Dixie Chicks, born 1974
    • Nicole Maines
      American actress, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maines

    Maines has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Maines?
    4,196 people in the United States had the surname Maines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,581 Americans. It ranked 7,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maines?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Maines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maines?
    Natalie Maines, American singer; lead vocalist for Dixie Chicks, followed by Nicole Maines.
    Where is the surname Maines most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maines in the United States.
    Is the surname Maines getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,196 in 2010, up 3.6%.