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    The surname Mekonnen

    An Amharic surname, carried by 1,256 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M255

    Mekonnen: #20,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mekonnen #20,961, 1,256 people Mekonnen: #20,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mekonnen #20,961, 1,256 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mekonnen is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    Amharic origin

    Borrowed from Amharic መኮንን (mäkonn).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,256 people named Mekonnen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. That is up 154% since 2000, when the Census counted 494.

    #20,961
    rank among US surnames
    1,256
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +154.3%
    change since 2000 (was #41,522)

    Who is named Mekonnen

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

    97% of people named Mekonnen identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mekonnen

    Mekonnen has the Soundex code M255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M255.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mekonnen come from?
    Borrowed from Amharic መኮንን (mäkonn).
    How common is the surname Mekonnen?
    1,256 people in the United States had the surname Mekonnen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. It ranked 20,961st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mekonnen?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Mekonnen identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mekonnen getting more or less common?
    More common. 494 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,256 in 2010, up 154%.