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    The surname Mealey

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,897 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

    Mealey: #15,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mealey #15,442, 1,897 people Mealey: #15,442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mealey #15,442, 1,897 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mealey is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Malley.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,897 people named Mealey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,703.

    #15,442
    rank among US surnames
    1,897
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,738)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,434Mantilla1,898162,669
    #15,442Mealey1,897162,755
    #15,449Ivester1,896162,840

    Who is named Mealey

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

    86% of people named Mealey identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    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 Mealey

    Mealey has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mealey come from?
    Variant of Malley.
    How common is the surname Mealey?
    1,897 people in the United States had the surname Mealey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,755 Americans. It ranked 15,442nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mealey?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Mealey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mealey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,897 in 2010, up 11%.