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    The surname Mealer

    A surname, carried by 1,268 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M460

    Mealer: #20,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mealer #20,818, 1,268 people Mealer: #20,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mealer #20,818, 1,268 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mealer is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Probably a variant of Mellor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,268 people named Mealer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,286.

    #20,818
    rank among US surnames
    1,268
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,445)

    Who is named Mealer

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

    93% of people named Mealer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mealer

    Mealer has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mealer come from?
    Probably a variant of Mellor.
    How common is the surname Mealer?
    1,268 people in the United States had the surname Mealer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,490 Americans. It ranked 20,818th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mealer?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mealer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mealer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,286 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,268 in 2010, down 1.4%.