How common is the surname Meisner?

3,454 people in the United States had the surname Meisner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,388 Americans. It ranked 9,415th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meisner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meisner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meisner?

Randy Meisner, American musician and founding member of the Eagles (1946–2023), followed by Sanford Meisner.

Where is the surname Meisner most common?

Wikidata records people named Meisner in the United States.

Is the surname Meisner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,454 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Meisner

A German surname, carried by 3,454 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meisner is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Meisner.

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 3,454 people named Meisner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,388 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,385.

#9,415

rank among US surnames

3,454

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #8,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,407	Alverson	3,456	89,336
#9,412	Johannes	3,455	89,362
#9,415	Meisner	3,454	89,388
#9,418	Albino	3,453	89,414
#9,421	Stalker	3,452	89,440

Who is named Meisner

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

95% of people named Meisner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meisners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Randy Meisner
American musician and founding member of the Eagles (1946–2023)
Sanford Meisner
American actor and acting teacher (1905-1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meisner

Meisner has the Soundex code M256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M256.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Meisner come from?: Borrowed from German Meisner.
How common is the surname Meisner?: 3,454 people in the United States had the surname Meisner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,388 Americans. It ranked 9,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meisner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Meisner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meisner?: Randy Meisner, American musician and founding member of the Eagles (1946–2023), followed by Sanford Meisner.
Where is the surname Meisner most common?: Wikidata records people named Meisner in the United States.
Is the surname Meisner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,454 in 2010, up 2.0%.