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    The surname Maynard

    A surname, carried by 36,460 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈmeɪnɚd/ 2 syllables Soundex M563 Also a first name

    Maynard: #953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Maynard #953, 36,460 people Maynard: #953 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maynard #953, 36,460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maynard is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 36,460 people named Maynard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,468 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,648.

    #953
    rank among US surnames
    36,460
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #884)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #944Woodward36,7648,398
    #945Jaramillo36,7558,400
    #946Krueger36,7438,403
    #947Rasmussen36,6368,427
    #948Brandt36,6138,433
    #949Peralta36,5858,439
    #950Donaldson36,5588,445

    Who is named Maynard

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

    87% of people named Maynard identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Maynards

    10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ken Maynard
      American actor and stunt performer (1895-1973)
    • Andrew Maynard
      American boxer, born 1964
    • Joyce Maynard
      American writer, born 1953
    • Kermit Maynard
      Actor, stunt performer (1897-1971)
    • Gray Maynard
      American mixed martial artist (born 1979)
    • Brittany Maynard
      American activist, 1984–2014
    • Don Maynard
      American football player (1935–2022)
    • Horace Maynard
      American politician (1814–1882)
    • Charles Johnson Maynard
      American ornithologist, 1845–1929
    • Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick
      British countess (1861–1938)

    Notable Maynards come mostly from the United States (8), Canada (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maynard

    Maynard has the Soundex code M563, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M563.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Maynard come from?
    From a given name, Norman Mainard, borrowed from Old Dutch meginhard from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”)
    How common is the surname Maynard?
    36,460 people in the United States had the surname Maynard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,468 Americans. It ranked 953rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maynard?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Maynard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maynard?
    Ken Maynard, American actor and stunt performer (1895-1973), followed by Andrew Maynard.
    Where is the surname Maynard most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maynard in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Maynard?
    Maynard is /ˈmeɪnɚd/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Maynard getting more or less common?
    More common. 35,648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,460 in 2010, up 2.3%.
    Is Maynard also a first name?
    Yes. Maynard is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.