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    The surname Maske

    A German surname, carried by 1,878 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Maske: #15,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maske #15,571, 1,878 people Maske: #15,571 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maske #15,571, 1,878 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maske is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Maske.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,878 people named Maske in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,646.

    #15,571
    rank among US surnames
    1,878
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,147)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,564Bommarito1,879164,314
    #15,571Cannata1,878164,401
    #15,579Pech1,877164,489

    Who is named Maske

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

    83% of people named Maske identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Maskes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wilhelm Amberg
      19th-century German painter (1822-1899)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maske

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maske come from?
    Borrowed from German Maske.
    How common is the surname Maske?
    1,878 people in the United States had the surname Maske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,401 Americans. It ranked 15,571st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maske?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Maske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maske?
    Wilhelm Amberg, 19th-century German painter (1822-1899).
    Where is the surname Maske most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maske in the Kingdom of Prussia.
    Is the surname Maske getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,646 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,878 in 2010, up 14%.