Last Name MAYS

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Meaning	The son of May. As Willian became, through its nickname Will, patronymically Wills and Wilson, so Matthew, through its nickname May, became patronymically Mays, or Mayes, or Mayse. The only difference is that Will is still a nickname of William, while May as a nickname of Matthew is forgotten.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	809 (2000 US census)	761 (1990 US census)

Count	38,914 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

57.59%, or 22411 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
38.43%, or 14955 total occurrences, as black,
0.28%, or 109 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 183 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.85%, or 720 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.37%, or 533 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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