How common is the last name Mayes?

23,637 people in the United States have the last name Mayes, about 1 in 12,645. It ranks #1,470 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MAYES

#1,470

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,637
About
1 in 12,645
This common or more
44.2%
Who bears it

Of the 23,637 people with the last name Mayes, 57.7% reported their origin as White, 32% as Black and 5.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mayes

#1,468 Swift · 23,678#1,469 Childress · 23,642#1,471 Padgett · 23,628#1,472 Manley · 23,615

Spelled almost the same

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

#875 Mays · 39,073#5,644 Maes · 5,923#116,774 Mayas · 158

Also a first name

As a first name, Mayes ranks #41,689 of 53,615, with 175 people. See Mayes as a first name

Compare