# Meece (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meece/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,016 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,615 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 102,369 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (3,024 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Meas, Mease, Meese |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Cold Meece, in Staffordshire, from Old English meos (“moss”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meece in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Meese, Meek, Meche, Meck, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey, Meza, McKee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.