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Maxwell

in the US

There are 54,831 people with the last name "Maxwell" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Maxwell 427
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  1. is 423rd most common Bauer
  2. is 424th most common Gallagher
  3. is 425th most common Harrington
  4. is 426th most common Bowers
  5. is 427th most common Maxwell
  6. is 428th most common Wise
  7. is 429th most common Ingram
  8. is 430th most common Maldonado
  9. is 431st most common Estrada

Most Common First Names for Maxwell

Robert, James, John, William, David, Michael, Richard, Mary, Charles, Thomas

Meaning & History

Scottish: habitational name from a place near Melrose in Roxburghshire. The place name is first recorded in 1144 in the form Mackeswell ‘Mack's spring or stream (Old English well(a))’.

Irish: this surname is common in Ulster, where it has sometimes been adopted as an alternative to Miskell.

Jewish: arbitrary adoption of the Scottish name, or Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Recent Searches for "Maxwell" in the US

Since June 2009
20,572

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Robert Maxwell (480 searches)
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