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The Maimone surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 775 people carried this name — #30,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 6% from 823 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Maimone surname

A surname from Arabic.

A Sicilian surname derived from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “lucky, prosperous”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maimone» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 246 people named Maimone 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 137
Mendoza 45
City of Buenos Aires 19
San Juan 18
Río Negro 14
Córdoba 13

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 51 people named Maimone.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Vaucluse.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Vaucluse 8
Gard 6
Alpes-Maritimes 5
Drôme 5
Hérault 3
Nord 2
Moselle 1
Isère 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Maimone live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Fribourg 12
Zurich 12
Bern 8
Aargau 3
Ticino 3
Valais 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Maimone,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Monica Maimone
    Monica Maimone 1945– · writer
  • José Maria Maimone 1932– · Catholic priest
  • Françoise Maimone 1945– · actor
  • Gérard Maimone 1945– · composer
  • Tony Maimone 1952– · bassist
  • Jasmine Maimone 1963– · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Maimone is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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