How common is the surname Metheny?

2,072 people in the United States had the surname Metheny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,008 Americans. It ranked 14,421st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Metheny?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Metheny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Metheny?

Pat Metheny, American jazz musician.

Where is the surname Metheny most common?

Wikidata records people named Metheny in the United States.

Is the surname Metheny getting more or less common?

More common. 2,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,072 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Metheny

A surname, carried by 2,072 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metheny is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,072 people named Metheny in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,008 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,006.

#14,421

rank among US surnames

2,072

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,825)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,419	Klopp	2,073	148,937
#14,421	Metheny	2,072	149,008
#14,427	Castilla	2,071	149,080

Who is named Metheny

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

95% of people named Metheny identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Methenys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Metheny
American jazz musician, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Metheny

Metheny has the Soundex code M350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M350.

Questions

How common is the surname Metheny?: 2,072 people in the United States had the surname Metheny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,008 Americans. It ranked 14,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Metheny?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Metheny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Metheny?: Pat Metheny, American jazz musician.
Where is the surname Metheny most common?: Wikidata records people named Metheny in the United States.
Is the surname Metheny getting more or less common?: More common. 2,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,072 in 2010, up 3.3%.