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

Maysonet, 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 Maysonet surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Maysonet in America

Maysonet is the 19138th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Maysonet surname appeared 1,420 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Maysonet.

We can also compare 2010 data for Maysonet 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 Maysonet

The surname Maysonet originated in Spain during the early medieval period. It is believed to have derived from a place name, likely a small village or hamlet located in the region of Aragon or Catalonia. The name may be a combination of the Spanish words "mayo" meaning "May" and "sonet" which could be a diminutive form of a word like "son" or "sonido" meaning "sound" or "noise."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Maysonet can be found in a document from the 13th century, where a certain Pedro Maysonet was listed as a landowner in the town of Huesca, located in the province of Aragon. This suggests that the name had already been established in the region by that time.

In the 14th century, a nobleman named Juan de Maysonet was mentioned in a chronicle detailing the military campaigns of the Reconquista, the centuries-long struggle between Christian and Moorish forces for control of the Iberian Peninsula. Juan de Maysonet was said to have fought alongside the troops of King Alfonso XI of Castile at the Battle of Río Salado in 1340.

During the 15th century, a branch of the Maysonet family settled in the region of Valencia, where they became prominent landowners and merchants. One notable figure from this period was Beatriz Maysonet, a wealthy heiress who married into the noble Borja family in the late 1400s.

As the Spanish Empire expanded across the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries, many individuals bearing the surname Maysonet made their way to the New World. One such person was Francisco Maysonet, a soldier and explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to conquer Mexico in the 1520s.

In the 18th century, a renowned painter named Antonio Maysonet gained recognition for his religious works, which adorned churches and monasteries throughout Spain and its colonies. He was born in Seville in 1712 and died in Mexico City in 1784.

Over the centuries, the Maysonet surname has spread to various parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including Latin America and the Caribbean. Prominent individuals with this last name include Ana María Maysonet, a Puerto Rican actress and singer born in 1952, and Rafael Maysonet, a professional baseball player from Venezuela who played in the major leagues in the late 20th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Maysonet

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

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

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