# Maxon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maxon/  
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) | 3,044 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,536 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,428 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (2,490 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maxon 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maxon in the United States.

## People named Maxon

- William Ralph Maxon, American botanist (1877-1948)

## Similar surnames

Mixon, Mason, Macon, Maxson, Masson, Magno, Mazzone, Mazon, Magoon, Mixson, Mazzoni, Mayson.

## 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.