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    The surname Maza

    A surname, carried by 2,036 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    Maza: #14,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Maza #14,617, 2,036 people Maza: #14,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Maza #14,617, 2,036 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maza is more common than 91% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,036 people named Maza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,625.

    #14,617
    rank among US surnames
    2,036
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,326)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,612Wimbush2,037151,569
    #14,617Maza2,036151,643
    #14,624McQuillen2,035151,718

    Who is named Maza

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

    70% of people named Maza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 70%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Mazas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ibrahim Maza
      Algerian-German footballer, born 2005

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Maza

    Maza 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 Maza?
    2,036 people in the United States had the surname Maza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Maza?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Maza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Maza?
    Ibrahim Maza, Algerian-German footballer.
    Where is the surname Maza most common?
    Wikidata records people named Maza in Germany.
    Is the surname Maza getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, up 25%.