Maillot
surname · Latin script
Meaning: vest
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Maillot is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Réunion it is the 45th most common surname.
- FRFrance≈1 in 5.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- RERéunion≈1 in 5K
- UYUruguay1 in 9.9K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 277 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Réunion, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
vest
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maillot 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #249 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | 2.4K | Maillot | 277 |
| MG Madagascar | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 1 | Maillot | 2 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 342 | 1 in 9.9K | 342 | — | — |
| RE Réunion | #45 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Maillot | 37 |
| AR Argentina | — | 103 | 1 in 442K | 103 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | 37 | 1 in 227K | 37 | Maillot | 8 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)
Maillot is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, soit de (Le) Maillot, nom de localités françaises, soit de l’ancien français maillot « maillet », surnom d’un travailleur au marteau de bois.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In English, A one-piece swimsuit (for women)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, jersey
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- François Maillotb. 1804FRFrench physician
- Thomas Jules Richard Maillotb. 1825FRFrench writer (1825-1899)
- Jeanne Maillotb. 1860FR(1860-1940)
- Maurice Maillotb. 1906FRFrench actor (1906–1968)
- Michel Maillotb. 1926CAactor
- Henri Maillotb. 1928FRDefector from the French army to the ALN
- Jacques Maillotb. 1941FRFrench businessman (born 1941)
- Éliza Maillotb. 1953FRFrench actress
- Jean-Christophe Maillotb. 1960FRFrench ballet dancer and choreographer
- Jacques Maillotb. 1962FRFrench film director
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 16 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 2.9K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 2.7K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 2.6K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 2.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 459 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 342 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- 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 Maillot mean, and where does it come from?
- vest Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Maillot have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Maillot in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maillot.
- How common is the name Maillot?
- In Uruguay, the national register counted 342 people named Maillot, about 1 in 9.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Maillot compared with other names?
- In France, Maillot is the 249th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/maillotThe 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, “Maillot” — the 249th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.