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    The surname Mein

    A Dutch surname, carried by 602 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mein is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    * 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.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 602 people named Mein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 512,866 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 579.

    #37,076
    rank among US surnames
    602
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #36,463)

    Who is named Mein

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

    88% of people named Mein identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mein

    Mein has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mein come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Mein?
    602 people in the United States had the surname Mein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 512,866 Americans. It ranked 37,076th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mein?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Mein getting more or less common?
    More common. 579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 602 in 2010, up 4.0%.