The Maria surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,500 people carried this name — #7,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,880 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Maria surname
A surname originating as a matronymic.
Inherited from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρίᾱ (Maríā), from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «María» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,253 people named Maria.
171 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,171 people named Maria 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
137 people named Maria live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 72 people named Maria 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 Brussels-Capital.
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
26 people named Maria 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).
In print
Maria in American newspapers,
1844–1856.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 969,371 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Maria.
- Margiotta 1,077 · U.S. census
- Margo 588 · U.S. census
- Margossian 139 · U.S. census
- Margot 122 · U.S. census
- Margraff 157 · U.S. census
- Mari 1,546 · U.S. census
- Mariage 103 · U.S. census
- Marian 838 · U.S. census
- Mariani 4,573 · U.S. census
- Mariano 9,091 · U.S. census
- Marias 234 · U.S. census
- Maric 496 · U.S. census
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