The Maj surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 470 people carried this name — #45,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 13% from 415 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
16,704 people named Maj have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 18,327 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Maj.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Maj live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 49 people named Maj 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Maj 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 Limburg.
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
29 people named Maj 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 Maj,
with a public archive behind them.
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Stanisław Maj d. 1703 -
Jacques de Mailles 1475–1540 · writer
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Marcin Maj 1646–
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Stanisław Marian Maj 1688–
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Jan Antoni Maj 1689–
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Tomasz Maj 1721–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maj.
- 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
- Majcher 605 · U.S. census
- Majchrzak 709 · U.S. census
- Majer 483 · U.S. census
- Majerus 1,276 · U.S. census
- Majewski 5,126 · U.S. census
- Majka 1,571 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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