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    The surname Mayor

    A Norman surname, carried by 2,450 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayor is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    * As an English surname, variant of Mayer. * As a Spanish surname, from the adjective mayor (“older, elder”). * Also as a Spanish surname, from the archaic noun major (“mayor, chief”), itself related to the above. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.

    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 2,450 people named Mayor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,019 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,134.

    #12,636
    rank among US surnames
    2,450
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,627Shick2,451125,967
    #12,636Mayor2,450126,019
    #12,637Geissler2,449126,070
    #12,642Imes2,448126,122
    #12,644Konopka2,447126,173

    Who is named Mayor

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

    46% of people named Mayor identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 33%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 15%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mayors

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carlos Mayor
      Argentine association football player and manager, born 1965
    • Alfred Goldsborough Mayor
      American physicist and biologist (1868–1922)

    Notable Mayors come mostly from Argentina (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mayor

    Mayor has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mayor come from?
    * As an English surname, variant of Mayer. * As a Spanish surname, from the adjective mayor (“older, elder”). * Also as a Spanish surname, from the archaic noun major (“mayor, chief”), itself related to the above. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.
    How common is the surname Mayor?
    2,450 people in the United States had the surname Mayor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,019 Americans. It ranked 12,636th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mayor?
    In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Mayor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mayor?
    Carlos Mayor, Argentine association football player and manager, followed by Alfred Goldsborough Mayor.
    Where is the surname Mayor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mayor in Argentina and the United States.
    Is the surname Mayor getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,450 in 2010, up 15%.