How common is the last name Mai?

21,383 people in the United States have the last name Mai, about 1 in 13,978. It ranks #1,630 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MAI

#1,630

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,383
About
1 in 13,978
This common or more
45.4%
Who bears it

Of the 21,383 people with the last name Mai, 88.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 8.2% as White and 1.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mai

#1,628 Piper · 21,405#1,629 Mead · 21,404#1,631 Esposito · 21,379#1,632 Sewell · 21,368

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mai, most common first.

#304 May · 101,571#892 Ma · 38,387#4,588 Mao · 7,493#9,809 Mau · 3,152#11,797 Mah · 2,539#17,129 Maio · 1,619#18,622 Maw · 1,464#19,236 Maia · 1,410

Also a first name

As a first name, Mai ranks #1,571 of 53,615, with 20,650 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1990, with 254 births. See Mai as a first name

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