How common is the surname Meadors?

3,709 people in the United States had the surname Meadors in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,242 Americans. It ranked 8,834th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Meadors getting more or less common?

More common. 3,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,709 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Meadors

A surname, carried by 3,709 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meadors is more common than 94.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,709 people named Meadors in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,242 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,595.

#8,834

rank among US surnames

3,709

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,828	Wolverton	3,711	83,197
#8,832	Mistry	3,710	83,220
#8,834	Stiltner	3,709	83,242
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332

Who is named Meadors

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

86% of people named Meadors identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meadors

Meadors has the Soundex code M362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M362.

Questions

How common is the surname Meadors?: 3,709 people in the United States had the surname Meadors in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,242 Americans. It ranked 8,834th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meadors?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Meadors identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Meadors getting more or less common?: More common. 3,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,709 in 2010, up 3.2%.