# Mesa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mesa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,566 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,656 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,759 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (11,341 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mesa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 84% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mesa in Cuba.

## People named Mesa

- Arnaldo Mesa, boxer (1967–2012)
- Germán Mesa, baseball player
- Víctor Mesa, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Meza, Maes, Musa, Mease, Meese, Meas, Meis, Meuse, Mejia, Meaux, Mecca, Mesko.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.