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    The surname Maxon

    A surname, carried by 3,044 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    Maxon: #10,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maxon #10,536, 3,044 people Maxon: #10,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maxon #10,536, 3,044 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maxon is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,044 people named Maxon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,428 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,490.

    #10,536
    rank among US surnames
    3,044
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,577)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,528Cumming3,047101,328
    #10,531Khalid3,046101,361
    #10,535Corr3,045101,394
    #10,536Duplessis3,044101,428
    #10,539Brunet3,043101,461
    #10,541Farren3,042101,494
    #10,545Ayoub3,041101,528

    Who is named Maxon

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

    81% of people named Maxon identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Maxons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Ralph Maxon
      American botanist (1877-1948)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maxon

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Maxon?
    3,044 people in the United States had the surname Maxon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,428 Americans. It ranked 10,536th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maxon?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Maxon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maxon?
    William Ralph Maxon, American botanist (1877-1948).
    Where is the surname Maxon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maxon in the United States.
    Is the surname Maxon getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,044 in 2010, up 22%.