The Maynor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,732 people carried this name — #7,074 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,434 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Maynor surname

English surname of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).

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

In print

Maynor in American newspapers,
1881–1921.

Newspaper page from The West Virginia News carrying the name Maynor
The West Virginia News 1921-08-20
Newspaper page from Martinsburg Independent carrying the name Maynor
Martinsburg Independent 1881-11-05
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Maynor
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1919-09-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,878 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Maynor in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

268 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maynor. The most, 228, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 88
Victoria 66
Queensland 49
Western Australia 32
South Australia 27
Tasmania 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Maynor.

Who carried it

People named Maynor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dorothy Maynor
    Dorothy Maynor 1910–1996 · singer
  • Patricia Maynor Bikai 1943–2025 · archaeologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Maynor,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States208 records

208 records of the Maynor name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 147
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 26
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William C. Maynor

    Born 1916 in Alabama. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McClellan; farm hand from Jackson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Maynor

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Ashburton from Liverpool, aged 22; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Elroy Maynor

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1935, died 1998; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 208 records for Maynor in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Maynor name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index John Maynor

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index; born 1836.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record J. C. Maynor

    Sailed from Victoria in 1899 aboard the Anglian, bound for Adelaide, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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