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The surname Meidinger

A German surname, carried by 1,493 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M352

Meidinger: #18,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meidinger #18,502, 1,493 people Meidinger: #18,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meidinger #18,502, 1,493 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meidinger is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Meidinger.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,493 people named Meidinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,181.

#18,502
rank among US surnames
1,493
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+26.4%
change since 2000 (was #20,785)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,499Bouknight1,494206,657
#18,502Meidinger1,493206,795
#18,507In1,492206,934
#18,511Frain1,491207,073

Who is named Meidinger

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

94% of people named Meidinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Meidinger come from?
Borrowed from German Meidinger.
How common is the surname Meidinger?
1,493 people in the United States had the surname Meidinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,795 Americans. It ranked 18,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meidinger?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Meidinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Meidinger getting more or less common?
More common. 1,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,493 in 2010, up 26%.