# Meir (surname)

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

A surname from Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 548 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,016 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 563,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (525 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, borrowed from Hebrew מֵאִיר (me'ír). Compare Meyer. * As an English surname, variant of Mayer, Mear, Mears.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meir 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) | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meir in Sweden.

## People named Meir

- Jessica Meir, American and Swedish astronaut (born 1977)

## Similar surnames

Meier, Muir, Mier, Merry, Mire, Mair, Mera, Mir, Moir, Mira, Mero, Miera.

## 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.