Mainz
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Mainz is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname from the place name Mainz (possibly Mainz bei Bad Aibling in Oberbayern); bearer count 876.
- DKDenmark1 in 32K(measured from records)
- ESSpain1 in 410K
- ARArgentina1 in 771K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mainz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 27 (measured from records)
- 1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)
231 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Maguncia in PH Philippines.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname from the place name Mainz (possibly Mainz bei Bad Aibling in Oberbayern); bearer count 876.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mainz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 231 | 1 in 1.4M | 232 | — | 17 |
| DK Denmark | 183 | 1 in 32K | 183 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 122 | 1 in 410K | 122 | Mainz | 27 |
| PH Philippines | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Maguncia | 6 |
| AR Argentina | 59 | 1 in 771K | 59 | — | 20 |
| BE Belgium | 15 | 1 in 781K | 15 | — | 1 |
| CZ Czechia | 9 | 1 in 1.2M | 9 | — | — |
231 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Mainz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
W Germany, which is so called from the river Main, o.n which it stands. The river name is ancient and has many cogns. throughout Europe, but its meaning is obscure. Majoral see Mayoral Majstorovic see Master Majteles see Maites Vars.: Mainzer, Meinzer; Magenza (from a form closer to the L name of the city, Maguntia). Makaradze see Macaire
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
habitational name from the city of Mainz in Germany.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, Mainz (a city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Auch als Patronym zu Kurzformen von Rufnamen mit ahd./altsächs. megin 'Kraft' möglich; Belegzahl nicht genannt.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Toponymic surname from Mainz (Herkunftsname zur Bischofsstadt Mainz; < Mogontiacum, kelt. Rufname Mogóntios + -acum); 876 Bearer.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Cipriano Baraceb. 1641ESnot in their usual nameSpanish missionary
- Oskar Mainzb. 1866DEHolocaust victim (born 1866)
- Minna Mainzb. 1887DEholocaust victim, b. 1887-08-10
- Diego Mainzb. 1982ESSpanish footballer
- Marco Mainzb. 1992DEGerman journalist
- Elisabeth Mainzb. 1997DEGerman rower
- Jan MainzDKresearcher
- Roland Mainzresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-4793-9763
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mainz mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname from the place name Mainz (possibly Mainz bei Bad Aibling in Oberbayern); bearer count 876. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- In which country does Mainz have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 231 people named Mainz, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Mainz most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mainz is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 32 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Mainz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 231 people named Mainz in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mainzThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mainz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.