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    The surname Meers

    A surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M620

    Meers: #21,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meers #21,790, 1,193 people Meers: #21,790 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meers #21,790, 1,193 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meers is more common than 86.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,193 people named Meers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,146.

    #21,790
    rank among US surnames
    1,193
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,307)

    Who is named Meers

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

    94% of people named Meers identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meers

    Meers has the Soundex code M620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Meers?
    1,193 people in the United States had the surname Meers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meers?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Meers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Meers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, up 4.1%.