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    The surname Mayland

    A German place surname, carried by 308 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M453

    Mayland: #64,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mayland #64,559, 308 people Mayland: #64,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Mayland #64,559, 308 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayland is more common than 60.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As an English surname, from the placenames (see Etymology 1 above). * Also as an English surname, variant of Malin, likely with influence from the surname May. * As a German surname, from Mayland, variant spelling of Mailand (“Milan”).

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 308 people named Mayland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,002,421 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 367.

    #64,559
    rank among US surnames
    308
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.1%
    change since 2000 (was #52,935)

    Who is named Mayland

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

    96% of people named Mayland identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mailaend
    • Mailaender
    • Mailand
    • Mailander
    • Mailend
    • Mailender
    • Maylaend
    • Maylaender
    • Maylander
    • Maylend

    Mayland has the Soundex code M453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M453.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mayland come from?
    * As an English surname, from the placenames (see Etymology 1 above). * Also as an English surname, variant of Malin, likely with influence from the surname May. * As a German surname, from Mayland, variant spelling of Mailand (“Milan”).
    How common is the surname Mayland?
    308 people in the United States had the surname Mayland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,002,421 Americans. It ranked 64,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mayland?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mayland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Mayland?
    Mayland is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Mayland getting more or less common?
    Less common. 367 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 308 in 2010, down 16%.
    What are other spellings of Mayland?
    Mailaend, Mailaender, Mailand, Mailander, Mailend and Mailender.