Maxime Surname
Approximately 32,071 people bear this surname
Maxime Surname Definition:
(English, French) The greatest, a nickname; descendant of Maxime (greatest).
Maxime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 17,042 | 1:798 | 123 |
| Haiti | 7,709 | 1:1,386 | 218 |
| Ethiopia | 5,312 | 1:18,363 | 2,443 |
| France | 585 | 1:113,543 | 17,037 |
| United States | 305 | 1:1,188,390 | 84,748 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 124 | 1:186,058 | 8,172 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 115 | 1:11,861 | 1,604 |
| Thailand | 92 | 1:767,808 | 125,203 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 38 | 1:2,610 | 406 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Maximé (3) are calculated separately.
Maxime (172,426) may also be a first name.
Maxime Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English, French) The greatest, a nickname; descendant of Maxime (greatest).
Maxime Demographics
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Maxime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maxime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maxime is held by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Maximé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maxime? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maxime is the 17,272nd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 227,232 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Maxime reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 6,089th most numerous given name in the world, held by 172,426 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Chad, where it is borne by 17,042 people, or 1 in 798. Aside from Chad this last name occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 24 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 17 percent reside.
Maxime Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Maxime has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,542 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maxime Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Maxime last name are 8.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.64% registered with the political party.
The amount Maxime earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 28.36% more than the national average, earning R 305,028 per year; in United States they earn 13.5% less than the national average, earning $37,324 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.42% less than the national average, earning $34,074 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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