The Maiorana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,060 people carried this name — #23,837 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 15% from 918 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Maiorana surname
A surname from Sicilian.
From Sicilian maiurana (“marjoram”); compare Italian maggiorana.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Maiorana» (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 319 people named Maiorana 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Maiorana live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Maiorana.
Most of them — 51 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 21 people named Maiorana live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
31 people named Maiorana is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Maiorana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcello Maiorana d. 1586 · Catholic priest
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Romulo Maiorana 1922–1986
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Roberto Maiorana 1962– · official
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Giuliano Maiorana 1969– · association football player
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Domenico Maiorana 1990– · volleyball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maiorana.
- Maine 3,589 · U.S. census
- Maingot 178 · U.S. census
- Maini 391 · U.S. census
- Maino 399 · U.S. census
- Mainville 765 · U.S. census
- Maio 1,862 · U.S. census
- Maire 627 · U.S. census
- Mais 738 · U.S. census
- Maison 707 · U.S. census
- Maisonneuve 346 · U.S. census
- Maitre 514 · U.S. census
- Maiz 176 · U.S. census
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