# Meza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meza/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A toponymic surname of Spanish origin, most frequently found in this spelling in Latin America.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 53,230 |
| US rank (2010) | 639 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (37,662 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spanish Meza, a toponymic surname from Old Spanish meza (“plateau, mesa”). Compare Modern Spanish mesa (“table, mesa”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meza in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 96% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meza in Argentina.

## People named Meza

- Maximiliano Meza, Argentinian association football player
- Fernando Meza, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Mesa, Mease, Maza, Meas, Maez, Mejia, Meaux, Mecca, McCoy, Moss, McGee, Mack.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.