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    The surname Meek

    A surname, carried by 14,970 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meek is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,970 people named Meek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,624 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,549.

    #2,419
    rank among US surnames
    14,970
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,289)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,411Mattingly15,05020,515
    #2,412Beckman15,04520,521
    #2,414Ruth15,01220,567
    #2,415Starkey15,00420,578
    #2,416Lind14,99020,597
    #2,417Waggoner14,98320,606
    #2,418Gannon14,98120,609

    Who is named Meek

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

    92% of people named Meek identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meek

    Meek 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 Meek?
    14,970 people in the United States had the surname Meek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,624 Americans. It ranked 2,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meek?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Meek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Meek getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,970 in 2010, up 2.9%.