Last Name MAYNARD

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Meaning The son of Maynard.
Of a powerful disposition, stout-hearted. 'Maynhard' was one of the barons who went into England with William the Conqueror, and whose name is in the roll of Battle Abbey.
Origin English, German, Jewish, French, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank 884 (2000 US census) 657 (1990 US census)
Count 35,648 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.94%, or 31705 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.64%, or 2367 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.35%, or 125 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.73%, or 260 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.37%, or 488 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.96%, or 699 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...


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