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

Maxie, 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 Maxie surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Maxie in America

Maxie is the 9756th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Maxie surname appeared 3,322 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 Maxie.

We can also compare 2010 data for Maxie 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 Maxie

The surname Maxie has its origins in Scotland, where it first emerged in the 13th century. It is believed to be derived from the Scottish Gaelic personal name "Makhsaimh," which itself comes from the Latin name "Maximus," meaning "greatest" or "largest."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Maxie can be found in the Ragman Rolls of 1296, a collection of homage rolls recording those who swore fealty to King Edward I of England after his conquest of Scotland. The entry "Adam Makky" is thought to be an early variant spelling of Maxie.

In the 15th century, the name appeared in various legal and ecclesiastical records in Scotland, such as the "Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis" (Register of the Bishopric of Glasgow), where a "Johannes Makky" was mentioned in 1439.

The Maxie surname is also associated with several notable historical figures. One of the earliest was Sir John Maxie (c. 1540-1616), a Scottish landowner and member of the Scottish Parliament. Another prominent bearer of the name was Reverend Thomas Maxie (1685-1761), a Scottish Presbyterian minister who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1746.

In the 18th century, the Maxie name spread to other parts of the British Isles, including England and Ireland. One notable English Maxie was Captain William Maxie (1735-1807), a naval officer who served in the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War.

Other notable individuals with the Maxie surname include Robert Maxie (1823-1900), a Scottish-born Canadian businessman and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and John Maxie (1867-1942), an American baseball player and manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

While the Maxie surname has Scottish roots, it has since spread to various parts of the world, particularly through Scottish emigration and settlement in countries like Canada, the United States, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Maxie

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

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 Maxie 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 Maxie 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 Maxie was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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