The surname Merideth
A surname, carried by 1,966 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M633
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,966 people named Merideth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,042 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,889.
#15,020
rank among US surnames
1,966
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+4.1%
change since 2000 (was #14,482)
Who is named Merideth
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Merideth identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Merideth
Merideth has the Soundex code M633, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M633.
Questions
- How common is the surname Merideth?
- 1,966 people in the United States had the surname Merideth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,042 Americans. It ranked 15,020th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Merideth?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Merideth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Merideth getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,966 in 2010, up 4.1%.