# Meeks (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,457 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,202 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,481 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (28,426 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meeks 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meeks in the United States.

## People named Meeks

- Gregory Meeks, American politician (born 1953)
- Jodie Meeks, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Jeremy Meeks, American model and criminal
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks, American physician and politician (born 1955)
- Rowena Meeks Abdy, American modernist painter (1887-1945)

## Similar surnames

Meek, Meese, Meas, Meis, Meck, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey, Meza.

## 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.