How Many People Have the Last Name Mays?
people had the surname Mays in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 7,299 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
+1,494 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Mays (54.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 39.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Mays ranks #630. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 57.6% to 54.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Mays grew from 38,914 people in 2000 to 40,408 in 2010 (up 3.8%), and its rank fell from #809 to #854. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 14.43 to 13.7 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 38,914 | 40,408 |
| Rank | #809 | #854 |
| Per 100,000 people | 14.43 | 13.7 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Mays
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Mays: M200
👤 Mays as a First Name
Mays is a first name too: about 190 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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