The surname Mead
An English occupational surname, carried by 22,727 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex M300
Origin
English origin
Two main origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).
Mead is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 22,727 people named Mead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,585 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,919.
Who is named Mead
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Mead identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Famous Meads
16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Margaret MeadAmerican anthropologist (1901-1978)
- George Herbert MeadAmerican philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist (1863–1931)
- Matt MeadAmerican lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming, born 1962
- Richelle MeadAmerican writer, born 1976
- Syd MeadAmerican concept artist (1933–2019)
- Andrea Mead LawrenceAlpine skier (1932-2009)
- Carver MeadAmerican computer scientist (born 1934)
- Nicholas MeadAmerican rower, born 1995
- Courtland MeadAmerican actor, born 1987
- William Rutherford MeadAmerican architect (1846–1928)
- Taylor MeadAmerican writer (1924–2013)
- James M. MeadAmerican politician (1885–1964)
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Meade
- Meades
Mead has the Soundex code M300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M300.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mead come from?
- Two main origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).
- How common is the surname Mead?
- 22,727 people in the United States had the surname Mead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,585 Americans. It ranked 1,578th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mead?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Who is the most famous person named Mead?
- Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (1901-1978), followed by George Herbert Mead.
- Where is the surname Mead most common?
- Wikidata records people named Mead in the United States.
- What type of surname is Mead?
- Mead is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Mead getting more or less common?
- More common. 21,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,727 in 2010, up 3.7%.
- What are other spellings of Mead?
- Meade and Meades.