How common is the surname Mayweather?

1,445 people in the United States had the surname Mayweather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. It ranked 18,899th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mayweather?

Floyd Mayweather, American boxer, followed by Roger Mayweather.

Where is the surname Mayweather most common?

Wikidata records people named Mayweather in the United States.

Is the surname Mayweather getting more or less common?

More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,445 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Mayweather

A surname, carried by 1,445 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayweather is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,445 people named Mayweather in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,301.

#18,899

rank among US surnames

1,445

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,272)

Who is named Mayweather

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

93% of people named Mayweather identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 93%
White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Mayweathers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Floyd Mayweather
American boxer, born 1977
Roger Mayweather
American boxer (1961–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mayweather

Mayweather has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

Questions

How common is the surname Mayweather?: 1,445 people in the United States had the surname Mayweather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,665 Americans. It ranked 18,899th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayweather?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mayweather identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mayweather?: Floyd Mayweather, American boxer, followed by Roger Mayweather.
Where is the surname Mayweather most common?: Wikidata records people named Mayweather in the United States.
Is the surname Mayweather getting more or less common?: More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,445 in 2010, up 11%.