How common is the surname Mayhew?

9,085 people in the United States had the surname Mayhew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,984 Americans. It ranked 3,908th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mayhew?

Peter Mayhew, British-American actor, followed by Lauren C. Mayhew.

Where is the surname Mayhew most common?

Wikidata records people named Mayhew in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

How do you pronounce Mayhew?

Mayhew is /ˈmeɪhju/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mayhew getting more or less common?

More common. 8,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,085 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Mayhew

A Norman surname, carried by 9,085 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmeɪhju/ 2 syllables Soundex M000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayhew is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

Anglicized form of Norman Mahieu, a common form of the personal name Matthew.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,085 people named Mayhew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,984 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,754.

#3,908

rank among US surnames

9,085

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,718)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,899	Slocum	9,102	33,921
#3,900	Smail	9,097	33,939
#3,901	Hoke	9,096	33,943
#3,902	Leong	9,094	33,950
#3,903	Lawless	9,093	33,954
#3,904	Ruby	9,091	33,962
#3,906	Sander	9,090	33,965

Who is named Mayhew

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

88% of people named Mayhew identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mayhews

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Mayhew
British-American actor, 1944–2019
Lauren C. Mayhew
American singer and actress, born 1985
Jonathan Mayhew
American minister (1720-1766)

Notable Mayhews come mostly from the United States (2) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Merrihew

Surnames that sound like Mayhew

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mayhew come from?: Anglicized form of Norman Mahieu, a common form of the personal name Matthew.
How common is the surname Mayhew?: 9,085 people in the United States had the surname Mayhew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,984 Americans. It ranked 3,908th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayhew?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mayhew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mayhew?: Peter Mayhew, British-American actor, followed by Lauren C. Mayhew.
Where is the surname Mayhew most common?: Wikidata records people named Mayhew in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Mayhew?: Mayhew is /ˈmeɪhju/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mayhew getting more or less common?: More common. 8,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,085 in 2010, up 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Mayhew?: Merrihew.