How common is the surname Meese?

1,901 people in the United States had the surname Meese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meese?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Meese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meese?

Edwin Meese, 75th United States Attorney General (born 1931).

Where is the surname Meese most common?

Wikidata records people named Meese in the United States.

Is the surname Meese getting more or less common?

More common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Meese

A surname, carried by 1,901 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). Meese is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,901 people named Meese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,857.

#15,409

rank among US surnames

1,901

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,402	Frew	1,903	162,241
#15,406	Delfin	1,902	162,327
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Meese

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

90% of people named Meese identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meeses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edwin Meese
75th United States Attorney General (born 1931)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meese

Meese 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 Meese?: 1,901 people in the United States had the surname Meese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meese?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Meese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meese?: Edwin Meese, 75th United States Attorney General (born 1931).
Where is the surname Meese most common?: Wikidata records people named Meese in the United States.
Is the surname Meese getting more or less common?: More common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 2.4%.