How common is the surname Meriwether?

1,942 people in the United States had the surname Meriwether in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. It ranked 15,171st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Meriwether getting more or less common?

More common. 1,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,942 in 2010, up 1.4%.

Is Meriwether also a first name?

Yes. Meriwether is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Meriwether

A surname, carried by 1,942 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex M636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meriwether is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,942 people named Meriwether in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,916.

#15,171

rank among US surnames

1,942

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,335)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,163	Welcher	1,944	158,820
#15,166	Martelli	1,943	158,901
#15,171	Ferman	1,942	158,983
#15,178	Llanas	1,941	159,065

Who is named Meriwether

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

61% of people named Meriwether identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Meriwether

Merriweather

Meriwether has the Soundex code M636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M636.

Questions

How common is the surname Meriwether?: 1,942 people in the United States had the surname Meriwether in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,983 Americans. It ranked 15,171st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meriwether?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Meriwether identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Meriwether getting more or less common?: More common. 1,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,942 in 2010, up 1.4%.
Is Meriwether also a first name?: Yes. Meriwether is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.