How common is the surname Meinhardt?

1,568 people in the United States had the surname Meinhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. It ranked 17,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meinhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Meinhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meinhardt?

Gerek Meinhardt, American fencer.

Where is the surname Meinhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Meinhardt in the United States.

Is the surname Meinhardt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,568 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Meinhardt

A German surname, carried by 1,568 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M563

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meinhardt is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, from Old High German magin (“strength, might”) + hart (“brave, hardy, strong”). The first element is from Proto-West Germanic *magan.

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 1,568 people named Meinhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,454.

#17,839

rank among US surnames

1,568

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,763)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,836	Shover	1,569	196,779
#17,839	Gautam	1,568	196,904

Who is named Meinhardt

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

96% of people named Meinhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meinhardts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gerek Meinhardt
American fencer, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Meinhart

Surnames that sound like Meinhardt

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Meinhardt come from?: From the German surname, from Old High German magin (“strength, might”) + hart (“brave, hardy, strong”). The first element is from Proto-West Germanic *magan.
How common is the surname Meinhardt?: 1,568 people in the United States had the surname Meinhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. It ranked 17,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meinhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Meinhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meinhardt?: Gerek Meinhardt, American fencer.
Where is the surname Meinhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Meinhardt in the United States.
Is the surname Meinhardt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,454 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,568 in 2010, up 7.8%.
What are other spellings of Meinhardt?: Meinhart.