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    The surname Mesa

    A surname, carried by 13,566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mesa is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,566 people named Mesa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,759 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,341.

    #2,656
    rank among US surnames
    13,566
    people in 2010
    4.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,915)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,648Braden13,60322,697
    #2,650Crouse13,59822,705
    #2,651Dowd13,59022,719
    #2,652Suggs13,58522,727
    #2,653Pickering13,58222,732
    #2,654Adam13,57422,745
    #2,655Cheney13,57322,747

    Who is named Mesa

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

    84% of people named Mesa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Mesas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Arnaldo Mesa
      Boxer (1967–2012)
    • Germán Mesa
      Baseball player, born 1967
    • Víctor Mesa
      Baseball player, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mesa

    Mesa has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mesa?
    13,566 people in the United States had the surname Mesa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,759 Americans. It ranked 2,656th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mesa?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Mesa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mesa?
    Arnaldo Mesa, boxer (1967–2012), followed by Germán Mesa.
    Where is the surname Mesa most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mesa in Cuba.
    Is the surname Mesa getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,566 in 2010, up 20%.