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    The surname Meikle

    A surname, carried by 1,752 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    Meikle: #16,420 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meikle #16,420, 1,752 people Meikle: #16,420 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meikle #16,420, 1,752 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meikle is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,752 people named Meikle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,225 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,650.

    #16,420
    rank among US surnames
    1,752
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,119)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,415Pietsch1,753176,124
    #16,420Bardsley1,752176,225
    #16,427McGeorge1,751176,325

    Who is named Meikle

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

    75% of people named Meikle identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meikle

    Meikle has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Meikle?
    1,752 people in the United States had the surname Meikle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,225 Americans. It ranked 16,420th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meikle?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Meikle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Meikle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,650 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,752 in 2010, up 6.2%.