Maune is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Maune
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

The variant form of Mayne. See Maine - From the French Province.

Maune is a variant form of Main. From the French Province.

Maune is variation of Main. Man, Servant, Vassal; also in the Celtic, hero; for, in Erse, "maon" signifes a hero. The name may also be derived from Maine (the province), Man (the island), Scotch, manas or mains, farm or fields, Welsh, maen, stone, Romance, man, Norman; or from Mani, the Moon, as, in the ancient Teutonic languages, the moon, called Mani, is of the customary in some parts of Germany to show them proper respect by calling them Mr. Moon and Mrs. Sun.

According to Tacitus, the Germans had a tradition that they were descended from Mann (Mannus), son of Tuiso, son of Odin.

When "man" occurs as a termination, it appears to have various meanings; as, firstly, in the names Adelmann, Bannerman, Spearman, Prettyman, which require no explanation. Secondly, to signify dealer, maker, or worker; as Appelman, Cheeseman, Kammann, Saltman, Woolman. Thirdly, dweller in or by; as, Hulsemann, Parkman, Templeman. And fourthly, serf or vassal; Heiligenmann, Konigsmann.

Sir Walter Maign, Knight, lived temp. King David Bruce (1331-1370), from whom he got a charter : "domino Waltero Maign, Milti, terrnarum de Auchluchry in Vice Comitatu de Aberedeen." His descendants, some of whom settled in other counties, wrote the name Mayne, Main, and Mann.

Family name is variant of Main. Descendant of Magino meaning "strength"; one who came from Maine, in France; the strong man.

How popular is Maune?

Maune is common in United States, Germany, South Africa, Lesotho.

Maune is ranked 280471 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Maunes grew by 6.86 per cent to 405 since 2000 and ranked 51396 after elevating 187 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.07 97.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 1.32
Others 2.22 0
Maune is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Lesotho. Around 1376 people have been found who wears Maune as their family name. Maune is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Maune:
43,423 United States697
48,972 Germany131
40,799 South Africa108
3,984 Lesotho108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
68,955 Nigeria91
25,019 Zimbabwe69
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,025 Ireland39
28,870 Papua New Guinea39
339,406 India30
107,269 Argentina19
280,838 France11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
9,769 Paraguay7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Anna-M. Maune worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 24 years old embarked for USA from Antwerp on Koophandel and arrived on August 22, 1853. Anna-M. Maune, aged 52, Laborer Cathar. Maune, Elise Maune, aged 20, 50 years old Franz-Fr. Maune, Laborer Heinrich Maune, Sophia Maune, aged 7, Maria Maune, aged 23, 39 years old Jacob Maune, are others that migrated to US.

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