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The MAYA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 7,227 4520 0.003 27
United States (1880 census) 138 25075 0 3
Change since 1880 +7089 +20555 +N/A +24
Other Countries
Australia 60 21860 0 4
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MAYA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 2,122 2098 0.006 63
Texas 1,132 2850 0.005 54
Florida 935 3085 0.006 59
Illinois 382 4785 0.003 31
New York 373 7301 0.002 20
Top States for MAYA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 2,122 2098 0.006 63
Arizona 316 2731 0.006 62
Florida 935 3085 0.006 59
Texas 1,132 2850 0.005 54
Nevada 102 3265 0.005 51

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MAYA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MAYA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MAYA in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MAYA by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MAYA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MAYA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MAYA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MAYA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 795 11
Asian/Pacific 108 1.49
Black/African American 78 1.08
Mixed Race 71 0.98
Native American/Alaskan 30 0.42
White (Hispanic) 6,145 85.03

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MAYA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MAYA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MAYA.

Similar names to MAYA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MAYA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MAYA

The following words are slight variants of MAYA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.