# Maw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,250 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,034 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 246,996 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (960 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *makô (“mate, relative”), comparable to modern match. * Also as an English surname, from archaic mew (“seagull”); compare the surname Mew. * Also as an English surname, from archaic maw (“belly”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maw in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 17% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

May, Ma, Mai, Mao, Mau, Mah, Mayo, Moya, Moua, Moe, Maya, Mayhew.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.