How common is the last name Major?

20,326 people in the United States have the last name Major, about 1 in 14,705. It ranks #1,725 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MAJOR

#1,725

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,326
About
1 in 14,705
This common or more
46%
Who bears it

Of the 20,326 people with the last name Major, 59% reported their origin as White, 31.6% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Major

#1,723 Delossantos · 20,382#1,724 Arreola · 20,342#1,726 Stanford · 20,320#1,727 Spivey · 20,286

Spelled almost the same

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

#40,048 Majer · 591#46,623 Mazor · 492#153,590 Magor · 104

Also a first name

As a first name, Major ranks #2,427 of 53,615, with 10,232 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2017, with 1,050 births. See Major as a first name

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