The surname Mey
A surname, carried by 1,029 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex M000
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,029 people named Mey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 864.
#24,352
rank among US surnames
1,029
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+19.1%
change since 2000 (was #26,538)
Who is named Mey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
48% of people named Mey identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 48%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 47%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Mey has the Soundex code M000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Mey?
- 1,029 people in the United States had the surname Mey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,044 Americans. It ranked 24,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mey?
- In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Mey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Mey getting more or less common?
- More common. 864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,029 in 2010, up 19%.