Ma-In
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ma-In is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megen.
- THThailand≈1 in 74Kas มาอินทร์(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 26K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 210K
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 Ma-In 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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 57 (measured from records)
- 1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
12,776 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled มาอินทร์ in TH Thailand.
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)
From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”). The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may.
Sources 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Scottish Surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ma-In 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 | 12,776 | 1 in 26K | 13K | — | 23 |
| TH Thailand | ≈930 est. | ≈1 in 74K | #485,500 | มาอินทร์ | 57 |
| BR Brazil | 549 | 1 in 386K | 549 | — | — |
| ES Spain | 136 | 1 in 368K | 136 | — | 1 |
| AR Argentina | 119 | 1 in 382K | 119 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 73 | 1 in 237K | 73 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | 40 | 1 in 210K | 40 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | 13 | 1 in 325K | 15 | — | — |
12,776 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ma-In mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megen… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Scottish Surnames and 5 other sources.
- In which country does Ma-In have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Ma-In, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Ma-In most common?
- Ma-In is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 26 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Ma-In?
- In the United States, the national register counted 12,776 people named Ma-In in 2010, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ma-inThe 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, “Ma-In”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.