The Mayo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 35,228 people carried this name — #989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,380 people counted. That is up 6% from 33,126 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mayo surname
From the Middle English personal name Mayheu, equivalent to Matthew.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mayo» (English), 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 1,867 people named Mayo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Mayo.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
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
66 people named Mayo live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 print
Mayo in American newspapers,
1915–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Mayo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Billy Mayo d. 2019 · actor
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Americus Mayo d. 1891 · politician
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Rafael Mayo Gual d. 2022 · computational scientist
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Ellen (née Mayo), Lady Wallscourt d. 1921
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Gertrude Elizabeth Mayo d. 1890
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Catherine Mayo d. 1963
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mayo.
- Mayette 382 · U.S. census
- Mayeur 153 · U.S. census
- Mayeux 1,622 · U.S. census
- Maylin 147 · U.S. census
- Maynard 36,460 · U.S. census
- Mayne 4,068 · U.S. census
- Mayol 536 · U.S. census
- Mayon 791 · U.S. census
- Mayor 2,450 · U.S. census
- Mayoral 1,753 · U.S. census
- Mayou 246 · U.S. census
- Mayrand 356 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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