Explore the Family Name Mayette

The meaning of Mayette

Altered form of French Maillet, reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t. Compare Myette 1.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Mayette saw a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Mayette was ranked 48,469 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had fallen to rank 54,055—a decrease of 11.52 percent. Similarly, the count of individuals carrying the Mayette surname also decreased during this period, from 409 to 382, marking a drop of 6.6 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people named Mayette per 100,000 dropped by 13.33 percent from 0.15 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,469	#54,055	-11.52%
Count	409	382	-6.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mayette

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals an increase in diversity among those with the surname Mayette between 2000 and 2010. The number of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black grew from 0 to 1.83 percent and 2.36 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, there was also a slight increase in the percentage of Mayettes identifying as Hispanic—from 2.44 to 2.62 percent. However, the majority of people with this surname identified as White in both years (94.13 percent in 2000 and 91.36 percent in 2010), despite a small decrease over the decade. Individuals identifying as belonging to two or more races were recorded in 2000 at 1.71 percent but this figure was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons. There were no individuals identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.13%	91.36%	-2.94%
Hispanic	2.44%	2.62%	7.38%
Black	0%	2.36%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.83%	0%
Two or More Races	1.71%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%