How common is the surname Meader?

2,201 people in the United States had the surname Meader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. It ranked 13,746th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meader?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Meader identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meader?

Vaughn Meader, American comedian, musician, and impressionist.

Where is the surname Meader most common?

Wikidata records people named Meader in the United States.

Is the surname Meader getting more or less common?

More common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,201 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Meader

An occupational surname, carried by 2,201 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meader is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

From mead + -er, either a topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow or an occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead.

Meader is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,201 people named Meader in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,960.

#13,746

rank among US surnames

2,201

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+12.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,091)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,737	Brunetti	2,203	140,148
#13,741	Willits	2,202	140,211
#13,746	Beaird	2,201	140,275
#13,752	Sova	2,200	140,339

Who is named Meader

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Meader identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meaders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vaughn Meader
American comedian, musician, and impressionist, 1936–2004

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Meador
Meeder

Surnames that sound like Meader

Meader has the Soundex code M360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M360.

Questions

Where does the surname Meader come from?: From mead + -er, either a topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow or an occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead.
How common is the surname Meader?: 2,201 people in the United States had the surname Meader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. It ranked 13,746th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meader?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Meader identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meader?: Vaughn Meader, American comedian, musician, and impressionist.
Where is the surname Meader most common?: Wikidata records people named Meader in the United States.
What type of surname is Meader?: Meader is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Meader getting more or less common?: More common. 1,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,201 in 2010, up 12%.
What are other spellings of Meader?: Meador and Meeder.