Explore the Family Name Maust

The meaning of Maust

Americanized form of German Mast. History: This surname is also found among the American Mennonites (Amish), as the less frequent variant of the name Mast.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Maust's popularity saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Maust was ranked at 15,473, but by 2010 it had slipped to 15,985, marking a drop of 3.31%. However, in terms of actual count, the number of people with the Maust surname increased from 1,737 in 2000 to 1,816 in 2010 — an increase of 4.55%. The proportion of individuals bearing this surname for every 100,000 people also decreased slightly from 0.64 to 0.62 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,473	#15,985	-3.31%
Count	1,737	1,816	4.55%
Proportion per 100k	0.64	0.62	-3.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Maust

In regards to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that there were shifts within the ethnic identities associated with the Maust surname from 2000 to 2010. The majority of individuals identifying as Maust are White, although this number slightly declined from 97.06% in 2000 to 96.04% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying with two or more ethnicities increased from 0.92% to 1.21%, while those identifying as Hispanic nearly doubled, rising from 0.92% to 1.71%. The percentage identifying as Black also saw a modest increase from 0.46% to 0.55%. There were no recorded changes for Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.06%	96.04%	-1.05%
Hispanic	0.92%	1.71%	85.87%
Two or More Races	0.92%	1.21%	31.52%
Black	0.46%	0.55%	19.57%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%