How common is the last name Maxwell?

65,829 people in the United States have the last name Maxwell, about 1 in 4,541. It ranks #497 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MAXWELL

#497

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
65,829
About
1 in 4,541
This common or more
31.9%
Who bears it

Of the 65,829 people with the last name Maxwell, 70.1% reported their origin as White, 20.2% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Maxwell

#495 Yu · 66,156#496 Ingram · 66,120#498 Gallegos · 65,598#499 Wise · 65,596

Spelled almost the same

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

#25,728 Maskell · 1,004#68,578 Mackell · 309#101,282 Makell · 190#119,015 Maxell · 154#127,742 Machell · 140#142,788 Massell · 119

Also a first name

As a first name, Maxwell ranks #634 of 53,615, with 83,285 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 3,773 births. See Maxwell as a first name

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