Mayo
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Clipping of mayonnaise
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/meɪoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mayo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 5.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 9.1K
- USUnited States1 in 9.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 473 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈46,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Clipping of mayonnaise.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mayo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Mayo | 28 |
| US United States | #936 | 35,228 | 1 in 9.4K | 35K | Mayo | 473 |
| PH Philippines | #575 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Mayo | 85 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Mayo | 182 |
| ES Spain | — | 7,091 | 1 in 7.1K | 7.1K | Mayo | 75 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Mayo | 12 |
| NZ New Zealand | #880 | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | Mayo | 68 |
| KR South Korea | #523 | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 149K | — | Mayo | 13 |
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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)
Mayo 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.
In English, A different form of Mayhew.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, L Charles H., William J., US
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, mtn., Chile; river, Mexico
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, county, Irish Republic
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, surgeons; clinic, MN
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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)
- Jeanne Maillotb. 1860FRnot in their usual name(1860-1940)
- Charles Horace Mayob. 1865USAmerican physician (1865–1939)
- Elton Mayob. 1880AUAustralian psychologist and sociologist
- Frank Mayob. 1886USAmerican actor (1889–1963)
- Archie Mayob. 1891USmovie director and stage actor (1891-1968)
- Alfredo Mayob. 1911ESSpanish actor (1911-1985)
- Virginia Mayob. 1920USAmerican actress (1920–2005)
- Alfredo F. Mayob. 1943ESArgentine cinematographer
- Alonso Mayob. 1978PEFilm director, screenwriter
- O. J. Mayob. 1987USAmerican basketball player (born 1987)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 35K | #989 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 34K | #1,023 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 33K | #965 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 7.1K | #777 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7.1K | #777 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Mayo mean, and where does it come from?
- Clipping of mayonnaise. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Mayo?
- A machine transcription gives /meɪoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Mayo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 46 thousand people named Mayo in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mayo.
- How common is the name Mayo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 35,228 people named Mayo in 2010, about 1 in 9.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Mayo compared with other names?
- In South Korea, Mayo is the 523rd most common surname of 14,133 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mayoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mayo” — the 523rd most common surname in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.