# Mesko (surname)

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

A surname from Slovene.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovene |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 679 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,567 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 454,706 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.9% (629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Meško, a variant of the personal name Miško (see Misko) or otherwise derived from Mihael. * As a Slovak surname, from Mečislav, from meč (“sword”) + sláva (“glory”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mesko 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Mosko, Meek, Mesa, Meas, Meis, Meck, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey.

## 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.