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    The surname Meas

    A surname, carried by 1,929 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Meas: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meas #15,246, 1,929 people Meas: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meas #15,246, 1,929 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meas is more common than 90.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,929 people named Meas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,452.

    #15,246
    rank among US surnames
    1,929
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,781)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972
    #15,246Soden1,929160,055
    #15,250Moorefield1,928160,138
    #15,255Bohman1,927160,221

    Who is named Meas

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

    83% of people named Meas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meas

    Meas has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Meas?
    1,929 people in the United States had the surname Meas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. It ranked 15,246th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meas?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Meas identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Meas getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,929 in 2010, up 33%.