How common is the surname Meares?

1,415 people in the United States had the surname Meares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Meares?

Anna Meares, Australian cyclist, followed by Cecil Meares.

Where is the surname Meares most common?

Wikidata records people named Meares in Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Meares getting more or less common?

More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Meares

A surname, carried by 1,415 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meares is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,415 people named Meares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

#19,189

rank among US surnames

1,415

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #18,667)

Who is named Meares

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

86% of people named Meares identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
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.

Famous Mearess

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna Meares
Australian cyclist, born 1983
Cecil Meares
British explorer, 1877–1937
Kerrie Meares
Australian racing cyclist, born 1982

Notable Mearess come mostly from Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meares

Meares has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

Questions

How common is the surname Meares?: 1,415 people in the United States had the surname Meares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meares?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Meares identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Meares?: Anna Meares, Australian cyclist, followed by Cecil Meares.
Where is the surname Meares most common?: Wikidata records people named Meares in Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Meares getting more or less common?: More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 4.0%.