How Many People Have the Last Name Maxwell?
people had the surname Maxwell in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 4,340 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+2,182 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Maxwell (73.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 20.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Maxwell ranks #355. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 75.8% to 73.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Maxwell grew from 65,779 people in 2000 to 67,961 in 2010 (up 3.3%), and its rank fell from #458 to #490. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 24.38 to 23.04 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 65,779 | 67,961 |
| Rank | #458 | #490 |
| Per 100,000 people | 24.38 | 23.04 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Maxwell
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Maxwell: M240
👤 Maxwell as a First Name
Maxwell is a first name too: about 103,476 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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