How common is the surname Meunier?

2,641 people in the United States had the surname Meunier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. It ranked 11,856th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Meunier?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Meunier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Meunier?

Thomas Meunier, Belgian association football player, followed by Constantin Meunier.

Where is the surname Meunier most common?

Wikidata records people named Meunier in Belgium, Luxembourg and Australia.

Is the surname Meunier getting more or less common?

More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,641 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Meunier

A French surname, carried by 2,641 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meunier is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Meunier.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,641 people named Meunier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,563.

#11,856

rank among US surnames

2,641

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #11,310)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,856	Stage	2,641	116,905
#11,863	Bodie	2,640	116,949
#11,865	Kopec	2,639	116,993

Who is named Meunier

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

93% of people named Meunier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Meuniers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Meunier
Belgian association football player, born 1991
Constantin Meunier
Belgian painter, sculptor (1831–1905)
David Meunier
American actor, born 1973
Georgette Meunier
Belgian painter (1859–1951)
Henri Meunier
Bookbinder, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, poster designer (1873-1922)
Havana Brown
Australian DJ, singer and dancer, born 1985

Notable Meuniers come mostly from Belgium (4), Luxembourg (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Meunier

Meunier has the Soundex code M560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M560.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Meunier come from?: From French Meunier.
How common is the surname Meunier?: 2,641 people in the United States had the surname Meunier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. It ranked 11,856th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Meunier?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Meunier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Meunier?: Thomas Meunier, Belgian association football player, followed by Constantin Meunier.
Where is the surname Meunier most common?: Wikidata records people named Meunier in Belgium, Luxembourg and Australia.
Is the surname Meunier getting more or less common?: More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,641 in 2010, up 3.0%.