Explore the Family Name Maeder

The meaning of Maeder

German (Mäder): variant of Mader 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Maeder in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Maeder has seen shifts in both its popularity and count between 2000 and 2010. In terms of rank, the name fell slightly from 24,560th most popular in 2000 to 25,356th in 2010, marking a decrease of 3.24%. However, the overall count of individuals bearing this surname increased by 2.31% from 954 to 976 during the same period. The proportion of people with the surname Maeder per 100,000 also decreased marginally from 0.35 to 0.33, highlighting a reduction rate of 5.71%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,560	#25,356	-3.24%
Count	954	976	2.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.33	-5.71%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Maeder

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates some changes within populations bearing the Maeder surname between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White dipped slightly from 96.54% to 93.85%. On the other hand, those associating with Hispanic ethnicity saw an increase of 35.29%, moving from 1.36% to 1.84%. Interestingly, there was also an emergence of individuals identifying as Black, reaching 1.33% in 2010 from zero a decade earlier. Those identifying with two or more ethnic identities saw the most substantial rise, jumping 152.05% from 0.73% to 1.84%. However, for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, the figures remained constant at zero, indicating no identified individuals from these groups with the Maeder surname in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.54%	93.85%	-2.79%
Two or More Races	0.73%	1.84%	152.05%
Hispanic	1.36%	1.84%	35.29%
Black	0%	1.33%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.73%	0%	0%