How common is the surname Maury?

1,451 people in the United States had the surname Maury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. It ranked 18,849th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Maury?

In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Maury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Maury?

Antonia Maury, American astronomer (1866–1952), followed by Carlotta Joaquina Maury.

Where is the surname Maury most common?

Wikidata records people named Maury in the United States.

Is the surname Maury getting more or less common?

More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,451 in 2010, up 5.0%.

Is Maury also a first name?

Yes. Maury 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 Maury

A surname, carried by 1,451 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). Maury is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,451 people named Maury in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

#18,849

rank among US surnames

1,451

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #18,447)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,841	Tabron	1,452	212,635
#18,849	Berber	1,451	212,781
#18,858	Zagorski	1,450	212,928

Who is named Maury

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

63% of people named Maury identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Maurys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Antonia Maury
American astronomer (1866–1952)
Carlotta Joaquina Maury
American paleontologist (1874-1938)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maury

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

Questions

How common is the surname Maury?: 1,451 people in the United States had the surname Maury in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,781 Americans. It ranked 18,849th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maury?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Maury identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Maury?: Antonia Maury, American astronomer (1866–1952), followed by Carlotta Joaquina Maury.
Where is the surname Maury most common?: Wikidata records people named Maury in the United States.
Is the surname Maury getting more or less common?: More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,451 in 2010, up 5.0%.
Is Maury also a first name?: Yes. Maury 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.