How common is the last name Mays?

39,073 people in the United States have the last name Mays, about 1 in 7,650. It ranks #875 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MAYS

#875

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
39,073
About
1 in 7,650
This common or more
38.2%
Who bears it

Of the 39,073 people with the last name Mays, 52.3% reported their origin as White, 38.4% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mays

#873 Lugo · 39,144#874 Crosby · 39,086#876 Pierre · 39,005#877 Zhao · 38,974

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,470 Mayes · 23,637#3,887 Maas · 8,879#5,644 Maes · 5,923#8,745 Maus · 3,600#12,607 Mass · 2,339#16,358 Mas · 1,707#17,129 Mayse · 1,619#30,432 Mais · 822

Also a first name

As a first name, Mays ranks #19,762 of 53,615, with 531 people. See Mays as a first name

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