How common is the surname Maxson?

4,573 people in the United States had the surname Maxson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,515 Americans. It ranked 7,287th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Maxson getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,573 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Maxson

A surname, carried by 4,573 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maxson is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,573 people named Maxson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,515 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,577.

#7,287

rank among US surnames

4,573

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,791)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,282	Stedman	4,576	67,471
#7,283	Dickenson	4,575	67,485
#7,284	Swick	4,574	67,500
#7,287	Mariani	4,573	67,515
#7,291	Wortman	4,572	67,530

Who is named Maxson

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

91% of people named Maxson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maxson

Maxson 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 Maxson?: 4,573 people in the United States had the surname Maxson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,515 Americans. It ranked 7,287th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maxson?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Maxson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Maxson getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,573 in 2010, down 0.1%.