I started researching my family history in 1986, joined the Guild in 1987 and have been investigating my Rugman One-Name Study since then. During that time I also researched other branches of my tree and found that my mother’s maiden name, Maybank was also a rare name and ideal for a one-name study. I registered the name Maybank with the Guild in April 2023.

My wife, Hazel Rugman, is helping me with the Maybank one-name study.

Maybanks, Maybanke, Maybanck, Maybancke. These variants were found on the IGI, now Family Search, in the early records. Maybanks is current.

It is too early in my research to give the origin of Maybank but the earliest ancestor record of mine is for a marriage in 1672 between Phanvell Maybanck and Elizabeth Philley in Putney, London. However, the earliest records, found to date, are in the late 16th century in London.

According to a surname distribution website, there were in 2014, 955 people with the name Maybank in the world which is 374,939th in the world. US has 395, England 332, Wales 65, Canada 55, Australia 36 and Scotland 11.

Maybank(s) in the UK, is found mainly in the south east of England but from the 1911 census there are a few in Scotland. The figures do not include mis-transcriptions.

Census 1881 - Maybank 199 including 22 Maybanks in England, none in Scotland and Wales.
Census 1901 - Maybank 202 including 26 Maybanks in England, none in Scotland and Wales.
Census 1921 - Maybank 267 including 42 Maybanks in England, 18 in Scotland and none in Wales.
1939 Register - Maybank 257, plus 60 Maybanks