How common is the surname Meads?

2,155 people in the United States had the surname Meads in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. It ranked 13,985th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Meads getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,155 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Meads

A surname, carried by 2,155 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meads is more common than 91.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,155 people named Meads in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,250.

#13,985

rank among US surnames

2,155

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,624)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,976	Sarkar	2,157	143,137
#13,981	Arauz	2,156	143,203
#13,985	Chatterjee	2,155	143,269
#13,991	Arellanes	2,154	143,336

Who is named Meads

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

81% of people named Meads identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meads

Meadows

Meads has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

Questions

How common is the surname Meads?: 2,155 people in the United States had the surname Meads in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. It ranked 13,985th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meads?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Meads identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Meads getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,155 in 2010, down 4.2%.