Maize Surname
Approximately 1,990 people bear this surname
Maize Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,628 | 1:222,641 | 21,565 |
| Canada | 77 | 1:478,514 | 41,057 |
| Jamaica | 64 | 1:44,843 | 2,739 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| France | 32 | 1:2,075,710 | 171,237 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 461 | 1:108,934 | 10,878 |
The alternate forms: Maíze (2) & Maizé (1) are calculated separately.
Maize (1,015) may also be a first name.
Maize Demographics
Maize Political Affiliation
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Maize Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maize Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maize (Marathi: मैझे) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Maíze or Maizé. Click here for further possible spellings of Maize.
How Common Is The Last Name Maize? popularity and diffusion
Maize is the 207,954th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,662,083 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Maize are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 252,141st most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,015 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,628 people, or 1 in 222,641. In The United States Maize is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 15 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Maryland, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States Maize occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent live and Jamaica, where 3 percent live.
Maize Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Maize has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 353 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 8 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Maize Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Maize surname are 11.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.89% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Maize earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 10.93% less than the national average, earning $38,432 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.15% more than the national average, earning $53,234 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maize Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maize in the Marathi language | ||
| मैझे | maijhe | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maize
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