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    The surname Meiser

    A surname, carried by 1,565 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M260

    Meiser: #17,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meiser #17,874, 1,565 people Meiser: #17,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meiser #17,874, 1,565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meiser is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,565 people named Meiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,281 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,299.

    #17,874
    rank among US surnames
    1,565
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,874Tourville1,565197,281
    #17,883Towell1,564197,408

    Who is named Meiser

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

    94% of people named Meiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meiser

    Meiser has the Soundex code M260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Meiser?
    1,565 people in the United States had the surname Meiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,281 Americans. It ranked 17,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meiser?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Meiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Meiser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,565 in 2010, up 21%.