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    The surname Meckley

    A surname, carried by 1,323 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    Meckley: #20,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meckley #20,165, 1,323 people Meckley: #20,165 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meckley #20,165, 1,323 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meckley is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,323 people named Meckley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,368 Americans. That is down 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,465.

    #20,165
    rank among US surnames
    1,323
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,660)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368
    #20,172Melchior1,322233,544

    Who is named Meckley

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

    97% of people named Meckley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meckley

    Meckley has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Meckley?
    1,323 people in the United States had the surname Meckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,368 Americans. It ranked 20,165th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meckley?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Meckley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Meckley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,323 in 2010, down 9.7%.