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    The surname Meche

    A surname, carried by 2,002 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

    Meche: #14,814 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meche #14,814, 2,002 people Meche: #14,814 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meche #14,814, 2,002 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meche is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,002 people named Meche in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,897.

    #14,814
    rank among US surnames
    2,002
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,438)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,806Cottone2,003154,142
    #14,814Platero2,002154,219
    #14,821Reigle2,001154,296

    Who is named Meche

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

    93% of people named Meche identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Meche

    Meche 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 Meche?
    2,002 people in the United States had the surname Meche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,219 Americans. It ranked 14,814th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meche?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Meche identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Meche getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,002 in 2010, up 5.5%.