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    The surname Maiorana

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,060 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M650

    Maiorana: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Maiorana #23,837, 1,060 people Maiorana: #23,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Maiorana #23,837, 1,060 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maiorana is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Maiorana.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,060 people named Maiorana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 918.

    #23,837
    rank among US surnames
    1,060
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,329)

    Who is named Maiorana

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

    95% of people named Maiorana identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Maiorana

    Maiorana has the Soundex code M650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M650.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maiorana come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Maiorana.
    How common is the surname Maiorana?
    1,060 people in the United States had the surname Maiorana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,269 Americans. It ranked 23,837th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maiorana?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Maiorana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Maiorana getting more or less common?
    More common. 918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,060 in 2010, up 16%.