# Mayes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mayes/  
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) | 25,256 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,408 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,225 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (24,853 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, variant of May with genitival -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mayes 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mayes in the United States.

## People named Mayes

- Tanner Mayes, American pornographic actress
- Rob Mayes, American actor, musician, and model (born 1984)

## Similar surnames

Moyes, Mays, Mace, Maas, Maes, Macy, Maze, Maus, Masse, Mass, Maez, Mayeux.

## 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.