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    The surname Meador

    A surname, carried by 10,292 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M360

    Meador: #3,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Meador #3,474, 10,292 people Meador: #3,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meador #3,474, 10,292 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meador is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Meader.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,292 people named Meador in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,999 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,174.

    #3,474
    rank among US surnames
    10,292
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,218)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,466Maya10,31329,938
    #3,467Ferry10,31229,940
    #3,468Marvin10,31029,946
    #3,469Quinlan10,30229,969
    #3,470Minter10,30129,972
    #3,471Cosby10,30029,975
    #3,472Barksdale10,29429,993

    Who is named Meador

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

    93% of people named Meador identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Meadors

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joshua Meador
      American film special effects artist and animator (1911-1965)
    • Connie Smith
      American country music artist (born 1941)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meador

    Meador 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 Meador come from?
    Variant of Meader.
    How common is the surname Meador?
    10,292 people in the United States had the surname Meador in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,999 Americans. It ranked 3,474th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meador?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Meador identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Meador?
    Joshua Meador, American film special effects artist and animator (1911-1965), followed by Connie Smith.
    Where is the surname Meador most common?
    Wikidata records people named Meador in the United States.
    Is the surname Meador getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,292 in 2010, up 1.2%.