How common is the surname Mayse?

1,540 people in the United States had the surname Mayse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mayse getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, down 3.9%.

The surname Mayse

A surname, carried by 1,540 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayse is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,540 people named Mayse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. That is down 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,602.

#18,090

rank among US surnames

1,540

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,517)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,089	Frasca	1,541	200,354
#18,090	Zeh	1,540	200,484
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614

Who is named Mayse

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

85% of people named Mayse identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mayse

Mayse has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

How common is the surname Mayse?: 1,540 people in the United States had the surname Mayse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayse?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Mayse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mayse getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, down 3.9%.