as a Last Name
- 63,103
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Maxwell
Meaning & Origins
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))’.
| 443rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 63,103
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Maxwell per capita
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