The surname Meigs
A surname, carried by 1,347 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex M200
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,347 people named Meigs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. That is down 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,450.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,924 | Meigs | 1,347 | 229,210 |
| #19,933 | Dunkelberger | 1,346 | 229,380 |
Who is named Meigs
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Meigs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Famous Meigss
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Return J. Meigs Jr.American politician 1764-1825
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Meigs 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 Meigs?
- 1,347 people in the United States had the surname Meigs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Meigs?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Meigs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Meigs?
- Return J. Meigs Jr., American politician 1764-1825.
- Where is the surname Meigs most common?
- Wikidata records people named Meigs in the United States.
- Is the surname Meigs getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, down 7.1%.