The Maia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,018 people carried this name — #24,554 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 54% from 662 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Maia surname
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Maia, from Iberian Amaia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maia» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
409 people named Maia live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 198 people named Maia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Maia.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Maia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel da Maia 1677–1768 · architect -
Eduardo Maia 1845–1897 · writer -
Geminiano Maia 1847–1916 · entrepreneur -
Carlos Roma Machado de Faria e Maia 1861–1953 · writer -
Orosimbo Maia 1863–1939 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 231 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maia.
- Mahmoud 3,342 · U.S. census
- Mahmoudi 397 · U.S. census
- Mahon 9,441 · U.S. census
- Mahr 1,831 · U.S. census
- Mahy 184 · U.S. census
- Mai 17,445 · U.S. census
- Maida 2,084 · U.S. census
- Maier 14,135 · U.S. census
- Maignan 421 · U.S. census
- Mailhot 1,105 · U.S. census
- Maillard 349 · U.S. census
- Maille 507 · U.S. census
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