How common is the surname Mazur?

8,733 people in the United States had the surname Mazur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,354 Americans. It ranked 4,069th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mazur?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mazur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mazur?

Monet Mazur, actress, followed by Barry Mazur.

Where is the surname Mazur most common?

Wikidata records people named Mazur in the United States, Brazil and Poland.

Is the surname Mazur getting more or less common?

More common. 8,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,733 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Mazur

A Polish surname, carried by 8,733 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mazur is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

From Polish Mazur.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,733 people named Mazur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,354 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,721.

#4,069

rank among US surnames

8,733

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,735)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,063	Buffington	8,738	35,334
#4,065	Belt	8,737	35,338
#4,068	Goforth	8,735	35,346
#4,069	Mazur	8,733	35,354

Who is named Mazur

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

96% of people named Mazur identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mazurs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Monet Mazur
Actress, born 1976
Barry Mazur
American mathematician, born 1937
Heather Mazur
Actress, born 1976
Meron Mazur
Brazilian priest, born 1962
Kazimierz Mazur
1984- Polish actor

Notable Mazurs come mostly from the United States (3), Brazil (1) and Poland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Masur

Surnames that sound like Mazur

Mazur has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mazur come from?: From Polish Mazur.
How common is the surname Mazur?: 8,733 people in the United States had the surname Mazur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,354 Americans. It ranked 4,069th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mazur?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mazur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mazur?: Monet Mazur, actress, followed by Barry Mazur.
Where is the surname Mazur most common?: Wikidata records people named Mazur in the United States, Brazil and Poland.
Is the surname Mazur getting more or less common?: More common. 8,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,733 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Mazur?: Masur.