The surname Memon
A Gujarati surname, carried by 1,528 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M550
Origin
Gujarati origin
Borrowed from Gujarati મેમણ (memaṇ).
One of 18 Gujarati surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,528 people named Memon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,059 Americans. That is up 71% since 2000, when the Census counted 893.
Who is named Memon
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Memon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Memon
Memon has the Soundex code M550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M550.
Other Gujarati surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Memon come from?
- Borrowed from Gujarati મેમણ (memaṇ).
- How common is the surname Memon?
- 1,528 people in the United States had the surname Memon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,059 Americans. It ranked 18,208th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Memon?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Memon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Memon getting more or less common?
- More common. 893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,528 in 2010, up 71%.