How common is the surname Meis?

1,430 people in the United States had the surname Meis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meis?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Meis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Meis getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Meis

A German surname, carried by 1,430 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meis is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Meis.

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 1,430 people named Meis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,458.

#19,041

rank among US surnames

1,430

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,719)

Who is named Meis

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

92% of people named Meis identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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 Meis

Meis has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Meis come from?: Borrowed from German Meis.
How common is the surname Meis?: 1,430 people in the United States had the surname Meis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,906 Americans. It ranked 19,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meis?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Meis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Meis getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,430 in 2010, down 1.9%.