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    The surname Mesko

    A Slovene surname, carried by 679 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). Mesko is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    Slovene origin

    * 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”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 679 people named Mesko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 454,706 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 629.

    #33,567
    rank among US surnames
    679
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #34,114)

    Who is named Mesko

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

    96% of people named Mesko identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mesko

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mesko come from?
    * 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”).
    How common is the surname Mesko?
    679 people in the United States had the surname Mesko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 454,706 Americans. It ranked 33,567th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mesko?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mesko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mesko getting more or less common?
    More common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 679 in 2010, up 7.9%.