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    The surname Maughan

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,494 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    Maughan: #9,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maughan #9,319, 3,494 people Maughan: #9,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maughan #9,319, 3,494 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maughan is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Mahan.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,494 people named Maughan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,364 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,107.

    #9,319
    rank among US surnames
    3,494
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,598)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,311Six3,49788,289
    #9,313Barreras3,49688,314
    #9,314Elswick3,49588,339
    #9,319Maughan3,49488,364
    #9,320Niehaus3,49388,390
    #9,328Klimek3,49288,415

    Who is named Maughan

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

    95% of people named Maughan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maughan

    Maughan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maughan come from?
    Variant of Mahan.
    How common is the surname Maughan?
    3,494 people in the United States had the surname Maughan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,364 Americans. It ranked 9,319th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maughan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Maughan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Maughan getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,494 in 2010, up 13%.