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    The surname Mera

    A surname, carried by 2,206 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

    Mera: #13,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mera #13,721, 2,206 people Mera: #13,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mera #13,721, 2,206 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mera is more common than 91.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,206 people named Mera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,957 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,586.

    #13,721
    rank among US surnames
    2,206
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,635)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,713Sprenger2,207139,894
    #13,721Fleischmann2,206139,957
    #13,727Gleaton2,205140,021

    Who is named Mera

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

    74% of people named Mera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mera

    Mera has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mera?
    2,206 people in the United States had the surname Mera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,957 Americans. It ranked 13,721st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mera?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Mera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mera getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,206 in 2010, up 39%.