How common is the last name May?

101,571 people in the United States have the last name May, about 1 in 2,943. It ranks #304 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

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#304

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
101,571
About
1 in 2,943
This common or more
26.7%
Who bears it

Of the 101,571 people with the last name May, 80.4% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of May

#302 Walsh · 101,867#303 Khan · 101,770#305 Pham · 101,083#306 Little · 101,061

Spelled almost the same

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

#892 Ma · 38,387#1,023 Mayo · 33,564#1,630 Mai · 21,383#3,563 Maya · 9,761#4,588 Mao · 7,493#7,604 Maye · 4,206#9,809 Mau · 3,152#11,797 Mah · 2,539

Also a first name

As a first name, May ranks #1,507 of 53,615, with 22,045 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1919, with 991 births. See May as a first name

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