Maxam Surname
Approximately 1,625 people bear this surname
Maxam Surname Definition:
Both U.S. names; from some place called Macksham; or from Maxen, a village of Saxony; or St. Maximin, a comm. and town of France, dep. Var.
Maxam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 826 | 1:438,812 | 37,732 |
| South Africa | 454 | 1:119,334 | 14,192 |
| Jamaica | 156 | 1:18,397 | 1,665 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 33 | 1:738,648 | 34,140 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 185 | 1:271,452 | 22,076 |
Maxam (112) may also be a first name.
Maxam Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Both U.S. names; from some place called Macksham; or from Maxen, a village of Saxony; or St. Maximin, a comm. and town of France, dep. Var.
Maxam Demographics
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Maxam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maxam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maxam (Arabic: مكسم) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maxam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 245,043rd most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 4,484,644 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Maxam live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 885,979th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 112 people.
Maxam is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 826 people, or 1 in 438,812. In The United States Maxam is mostly found in: New York, where 24 percent reside, Michigan, where 8 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 28 percent reside and Jamaica, where 10 percent reside.
Maxam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Maxam has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 446 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 173 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Maxam Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Maxam last name are 19.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.91% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Maxam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.16% less than the national average, earning R 139,824 per year; in United States they earn 0.98% more than the national average, earning $43,572 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.93% more than the national average, earning $59,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maxam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maxam in the Arabic language | ||
| مكسم | mksm | - |
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