How common is the surname Meck?

1,369 people in the United States had the surname Meck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,526 Americans. It ranked 19,688th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meck?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Meck getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,369 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Meck

A surname, carried by 1,369 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meck is more common than 87.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,369 people named Meck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,526 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,532.

#19,688

rank among US surnames

1,369

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-10.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,688	Matuszak	1,369	225,526
#19,697	Abbe	1,368	225,691

Who is named Meck

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

95% of people named Meck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meck

Meck 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 Meck?: 1,369 people in the United States had the surname Meck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,526 Americans. It ranked 19,688th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meck?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Meck getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,369 in 2010, down 11%.