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    The surname Mease

    A patronymic surname, carried by 2,376 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Mease: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mease #12,931, 2,376 people Mease: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mease #12,931, 2,376 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mease is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A patronymic from May or a variant of Meece.

    Mease is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,376 people named Mease in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,284.

    #12,931
    rank among US surnames
    2,376
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,466)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889
    #12,931Sanson2,376129,943
    #12,935Marden2,375129,998

    Who is named Mease

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

    89% of people named Mease identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mease

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mease come from?
    A patronymic from May or a variant of Meece.
    How common is the surname Mease?
    2,376 people in the United States had the surname Mease in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. It ranked 12,931st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mease?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Mease identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Mease?
    Mease is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Mease getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,376 in 2010, up 4.0%.