The surname Meekins
A surname, carried by 3,347 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M252
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,347 people named Meekins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,135.
#9,692
rank among US surnames
3,347
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+6.8%
change since 2000 (was #9,513)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9,686 | Kunze | 3,351 | 92,135 |
| #9,687 | Scholten | 3,350 | 92,163 |
| #9,691 | Paramo | 3,348 | 92,218 |
| #9,692 | Geis | 3,347 | 92,245 |
| #9,695 | Charleston | 3,346 | 92,273 |
Who is named Meekins
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Meekins identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 53%
- Black (not Hispanic) 42%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Meekins
Meekins has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.
Questions
- How common is the surname Meekins?
- 3,347 people in the United States had the surname Meekins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. It ranked 9,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Meekins?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Meekins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Meekins getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,347 in 2010, up 6.8%.