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The MAO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 4,047 7578 0.002 15
United States (1880 census) 5 99478 0 0
Change since 1880 +4042 +91900 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 226 6739 0.001 14
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MAO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,606 2235 0.005 47
New York 303 7299 0.002 16
Texas 289 7412 0.001 14
Massachusetts 234 4149 0.004 37
Washington 190 4438 0.003 32
Top States for MAO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,606 2235 0.005 47
Massachusetts 234 4149 0.004 37
Washington 190 4438 0.003 32
Hawaii 36 3565 0.003 30
Maryland 124 5347 0.002 23

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

Classification and Origin of MAO

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MAO 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.

Ethnic distribution of MAO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 146 3.61
White (Caucasian) 88 2.17
White (Hispanic) 35 0.86
Asian/Pacific 3,755 92.78
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of MAO in historical publications

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

Similar names to MAO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MAO.

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 MAO

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