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    The surname Maye

    A surname, carried by 4,356 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M000

    Maye: #7,621 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maye #7,621, 4,356 people Maye: #7,621 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maye #7,621, 4,356 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maye is more common than 95.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,356 people named Maye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,878 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,012.

    #7,621
    rank among US surnames
    4,356
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,642)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,612Urbano4,36870,684
    #7,613Saito4,36770,700
    #7,614Kasten4,36670,716
    #7,616Malin4,36570,732
    #7,617Colston4,36370,765
    #7,618Snapp4,36070,813
    #7,619Alas4,35870,846

    Who is named Maye

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

    56% of people named Maye identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Mayes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Drake Maye
      American football player (born 2002)
    • Luke Maye
      American basketball player (born 1997)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maye

    Maye has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Maye?
    4,356 people in the United States had the surname Maye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,878 Americans. It ranked 7,621st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maye?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Maye identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maye?
    Drake Maye, American football player (born 2002), followed by Luke Maye.
    Where is the surname Maye most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maye in the United States.
    Is the surname Maye getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,356 in 2010, up 8.6%.