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    The surname Meinen

    A German surname, carried by 799 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M550

    Meinen: #29,528 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Meinen #29,528, 799 people Meinen: #29,528 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Meinen #29,528, 799 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meinen is more common than 81.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    As a north German and Dutch surname, from the surnames Mein, as well as Meine, from Old High German magin (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *magan, as well as gimeini (“mean, unkind”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Related to the first element of the Norwegian surname Magnhild.

    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 799 people named Meinen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 734.

    #29,528
    rank among US surnames
    799
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #30,120)

    Who is named Meinen

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

    97% of people named Meinen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meinen

    Meinen has the Soundex code M550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M550.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Meinen come from?
    As a north German and Dutch surname, from the surnames Mein, as well as Meine, from Old High German magin (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *magan, as well as gimeini (“mean, unkind”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Related to the first element of the Norwegian surname Magnhild.
    How common is the surname Meinen?
    799 people in the United States had the surname Meinen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. It ranked 29,528th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meinen?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Meinen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Meinen getting more or less common?
    More common. 734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 799 in 2010, up 8.9%.