Surname Checker / Maxwell
How Common Is the Last Name Maxwell?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Maxwell today
75,248
Ranked #490 of 162,254 published surnames · 23.04 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 67,961 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
73.22%
Black
20.63%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.61%
Hispanic
2.74%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.