# Maynard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/maynard/  
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) | 36,460 |
| US rank (2010) | 953 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,468 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (35,648 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmeɪnɚd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a given name, Norman Mainard, borrowed from Old Dutch meginhard from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maynard 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maynard in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

## People named Maynard

- Ken Maynard, American actor and stunt performer (1895-1973)
- Andrew Maynard, American boxer
- Joyce Maynard, American writer
- Kermit Maynard, actor, stunt performer (1897-1971)
- Gray Maynard, American mixed martial artist (born 1979)
- Brittany Maynard, American activist
- Don Maynard, American football player (1935–2022)
- Horace Maynard, American politician (1814–1882)
- Charles Johnson Maynard, American ornithologist
- Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, British countess (1861–1938)

## Similar surnames

Minyard, Manhart, Menard, Minard, Mummert, Meinhardt, Meinert, Minardi.

## 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.