How common is the surname Mau?

3,042 people in the United States had the surname Mau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,494 Americans. It ranked 10,541st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mau?

In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Mau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Mau getting more or less common?

More common. 2,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,042 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Mau

A surname, carried by 3,042 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mau is more common than 93.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,042 people named Mau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,494 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,537.

#10,541

rank among US surnames

3,042

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+19.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,388)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,535	Corr	3,045	101,394
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428
#10,539	Brunet	3,043	101,461
#10,541	Farren	3,042	101,494
#10,545	Ayoub	3,041	101,528
#10,547	Garrick	3,040	101,561
#10,548	Wilkin	3,039	101,594

Who is named Mau

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

59% of people named Mau identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
Two or more races 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%

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

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Surnames that sound like Mau

Mau has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.

Questions

How common is the surname Mau?: 3,042 people in the United States had the surname Mau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,494 Americans. It ranked 10,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mau?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Mau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Mau getting more or less common?: More common. 2,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,042 in 2010, up 20%.