How rare is the last name Mao?

7,493 people in the United States have the last name Mao, about 1 in 39,890. It ranks #4,588 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

MAO

#4,588

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,493
About
1 in 39,890
This common or more
57.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,493 people with the last name Mao, 93.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.7% as White and 2.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Mao

1 other last name also has 7,493 people.

#4,588 Eck · 7,493

Either side of Mao

#4,587 Settle · 7,495#4,588 Eck · 7,493#4,590 Gunther · 7,492#4,591 Veal · 7,491

Spelled almost the same

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

#304 May · 101,571#892 Ma · 38,387#1,023 Mayo · 33,564#1,630 Mai · 21,383#9,809 Mau · 3,152#11,797 Mah · 2,539#17,129 Maio · 1,619#18,622 Maw · 1,464

Also a first name

As a first name, Mao ranks #7,432 of 53,615, with 2,057 people. See Mao as a first name

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