# Mein (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mein/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 602 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 512,866 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Borrowed from Dutch and German Mein, from the personal name Maino, Meino, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *magan (“to be able, be strong”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective (ge)mein (“mean, nasty”). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Main.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mein in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.7% |

## Similar surnames

Mena, Main, Moen, Min, Mina, Mian, Meany, Men, Mino, Menne, Mann, Moon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.