How common is the surname Maize?

1,292 people in the United States had the surname Maize in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,967 Americans. It ranked 20,529th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Maize getting more or less common?

More common. 1,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,292 in 2010, up 0.2%.

Is Maize also a first name?

Yes. Maize is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Maize

A surname, carried by 1,292 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maize is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname, variant of Mayes.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,292 people named Maize in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,967 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,289.

#20,529

rank among US surnames

1,292

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,421)

Who is named Maize

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

66% of people named Maize identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maize

Maize has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

How common is the surname Maize?: 1,292 people in the United States had the surname Maize in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,967 Americans. It ranked 20,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maize?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Maize identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Maize getting more or less common?: More common. 1,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,292 in 2010, up 0.2%.
Is Maize also a first name?: Yes. Maize is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.