Find out how popular the last name Maus is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Maus.

Maus, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Maus surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Maus in America

Maus is the 8288th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Maus surname appeared 3,997 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Maus.

We can also compare 2010 data for Maus to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Maus

The surname MAUS is of German origin, deriving from the Middle High German word "mus" meaning "mouse." This name is believed to have emerged in the medieval period, likely as a descriptive nickname for someone who bore some resemblance or characteristic akin to a mouse.

In the Middle Ages, surnames were often derived from occupations, physical traits, or even behavioral attributes. The surname MAUS could have been assigned to someone who was small, quick, or perhaps even viewed as timid like a mouse.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname MAUS can be found in the city records of Nuremberg, Germany, dated back to the 14th century. The name appears in various spellings such as "Maus," "Mawse," and "Muse" throughout historical documents from different regions of Germany.

Notably, the MAUS surname is mentioned in the famous Berne Prayer Book manuscript, a 15th-century illuminated book of hours created in the city of Berne, Switzerland. This reference suggests the name's presence in the region during that time period.

Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the surname MAUS. One example is Johann Matthäus Maus (1647-1719), a German composer and organist who served as the Kapellmeister at the court of Hesse-Kassel. Another is Friedrich Maus (1778-1860), a German artist and lithographer known for his landscape paintings and etchings.

In the 19th century, Karl Maus (1836-1888) was a German architect and civil engineer who designed several notable structures, including the Reichstag building in Berlin. The surname MAUS also has connections to the literary world, with the German-American author and cartoonist Art Spiegelman (1948-present), best known for his graphic novel "Maus," which explores his parents' experiences as Polish Jews during the Holocaust.

The name MAUS has also been associated with various place names throughout Germany, such as Mausbach, a small town in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and Mausitz, a village in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Maus

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Maus.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Maus was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Maus has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Maus was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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