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    The surname Meinert

    A surname, carried by 1,347 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M563

    Meinert: #19,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meinert #19,924, 1,347 people Meinert: #19,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meinert #19,924, 1,347 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meinert is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,347 people named Meinert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,533.

    #19,924
    rank among US surnames
    1,347
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #17,073)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,924Meigs1,347229,210
    #19,933Dunkelberger1,346229,380

    Who is named Meinert

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

    97% of people named Meinert identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Meinerts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rudolf Meinert
      Austrian filmmaker, 1882–1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meinert

    Meinert has the Soundex code M563, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M563.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Meinert?
    1,347 people in the United States had the surname Meinert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,210 Americans. It ranked 19,924th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meinert?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Meinert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Meinert?
    Rudolf Meinert, Austrian filmmaker.
    Where is the surname Meinert most common?
    Wikidata records people named Meinert in Austria.
    Is the surname Meinert getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,347 in 2010, down 12%.