How common is the surname Maura?

582 people in the United States had the surname Maura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. It ranked 38,103rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Maura getting more or less common?

More common. 515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 582 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Maura also a first name?

Yes. Maura 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 Maura

A Catalan surname, carried by 582 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maura is more common than 76.5% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.

One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 582 people named Maura in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 515.

#38,103

rank among US surnames

582

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+13%

change since 2000 (was #40,083)

Who is named Maura

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

45% of people named Maura identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maura

Maura has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Other Catalan surnames

All 39 Catalan surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Maura come from?: Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.
How common is the surname Maura?: 582 people in the United States had the surname Maura in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. It ranked 38,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maura?: In the 2010 Census, 45% of people named Maura identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Maura getting more or less common?: More common. 515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 582 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Maura also a first name?: Yes. Maura 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.