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    The surname Mayen

    A place surname, carried by 1,934 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M500

    Mayen: #15,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mayen #15,223, 1,934 people Mayen: #15,223 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mayen #15,223, 1,934 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayen is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname from the placename (see below). * As a Hispanic/Spanish name (Mayén, common in Andalusia), possibly from Andalusian Arabic معين (“spring, well, source of water”).

    Mayen is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,934 people named Mayen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,146.

    #15,223
    rank among US surnames
    1,934
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +68.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,307)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,217Nathanson1,936159,476
    #15,221Gula1,935159,558
    #15,223Rosenberry1,934159,641
    #15,229Salamon1,933159,724
    #15,232Dy1,932159,806

    Who is named Mayen

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

    85% of people named Mayen identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Mayens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gerson Mayen
      Association football player, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mayen

    Mayen has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mayen come from?
    * As a German surname from the placename (see below). * As a Hispanic/Spanish name (Mayén, common in Andalusia), possibly from Andalusian Arabic معين (“spring, well, source of water”).
    How common is the surname Mayen?
    1,934 people in the United States had the surname Mayen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,641 Americans. It ranked 15,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mayen?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Mayen identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mayen?
    Gerson Mayen, association football player.
    Where is the surname Mayen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mayen in El Salvador.
    What type of surname is Mayen?
    Mayen is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Mayen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,934 in 2010, up 69%.