How common is the surname Mazon?

2,138 people in the United States had the surname Mazon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mazon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Mazon

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mazon is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

In Illinois, from mzan, a Potawatomi word for nettles. The surname may be from Spanish Mazón.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,138 people named Mazon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,786.

#14,070

rank among US surnames

2,138

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+19.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,146)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,062	Calhoon	2,141	144,206
#14,064	Frison	2,140	144,274
#14,067	Castiglione	2,139	144,341
#14,070	Mazon	2,138	144,409
#14,076	Ellefson	2,137	144,476

Who is named Mazon

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

62% of people named Mazon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 62%
White (not Hispanic) 23%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mazon

Mazon has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mazon come from?: In Illinois, from mzan, a Potawatomi word for nettles. The surname may be from Spanish Mazón.
How common is the surname Mazon?: 2,138 people in the United States had the surname Mazon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,409 Americans. It ranked 14,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mazon?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Mazon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mazon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,138 in 2010, up 20%.