The surname Methven
A surname, carried by 338 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M315
Origin
Probably from Pictish [Term?], equivalent to Welsh medd (“mead”) + Welsh maen (“stone”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 338 people named Methven in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 913,448 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 315.
#59,742
rank among US surnames
338
people in 2010
0.1
per 100,000 Americans
+7.3%
change since 2000 (was #59,916)
Who is named Methven
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
99% of people named Methven identified as white (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 99%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Methven
Methven has the Soundex code M315, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M315.
Questions
- Where does the surname Methven come from?
- Probably from Pictish [Term?], equivalent to Welsh medd (“mead”) + Welsh maen (“stone”).
- How common is the surname Methven?
- 338 people in the United States had the surname Methven in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 913,448 Americans. It ranked 59,742nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Methven?
- In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Methven identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Methven getting more or less common?
- More common. 315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 338 in 2010, up 7.3%.