How common is the surname Meeks?

29,457 people in the United States had the surname Meeks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,481 Americans. It ranked 1,202nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Meeks?

Gregory Meeks, American politician (born 1953), followed by Jodie Meeks.

Where is the surname Meeks most common?

Wikidata records people named Meeks in the United States.

Is the surname Meeks getting more or less common?

More common. 28,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,457 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Meeks

A surname, carried by 29,457 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meeks is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,457 people named Meeks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,481 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,426.

#1,202

rank among US surnames

29,457

people in 2010

10.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,126)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,193	Goldberg	29,603	10,430
#1,194	Morin	29,593	10,433
#1,195	Sutherland	29,585	10,436
#1,196	Kaplan	29,582	10,437
#1,197	McAllister	29,544	10,450
#1,198	Byrne	29,503	10,465
#1,199	Osorio	29,482	10,472

Who is named Meeks

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

74% of people named Meeks identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meekss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gregory Meeks
American politician (born 1953)
Jodie Meeks
American basketball player (born 1987)
Jeremy Meeks
American model and criminal, born 1984
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
American physician and politician (born 1955)
Rowena Meeks Abdy
American modernist painter (1887-1945)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meeks

Meeks 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 Meeks?: 29,457 people in the United States had the surname Meeks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,481 Americans. It ranked 1,202nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meeks?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Meeks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Meeks?: Gregory Meeks, American politician (born 1953), followed by Jodie Meeks.
Where is the surname Meeks most common?: Wikidata records people named Meeks in the United States.
Is the surname Meeks getting more or less common?: More common. 28,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,457 in 2010, up 3.6%.