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    The surname Meza

    A place surname, carried by 53,230 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    Meza: #639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Meza #639, 53,230 people Meza: #639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Meza #639, 53,230 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meza is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

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

    Meza is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 53,230 people named Meza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,800 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 37,662.

    #639
    rank among US surnames
    53,230
    people in 2010
    18
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.3%
    change since 2000 (was #835)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #630Galvan53,8225,736
    #631Wall53,7945,739
    #632Boone53,7925,740
    #633Kirby53,7675,742
    #634Wilkinson53,7395,745
    #635Bridges53,6825,751
    #636Bruce53,4195,780

    Who is named Meza

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

    96% of people named Meza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Mezas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maximiliano Meza
      Argentinian association football player, born 1992
    • Fernando Meza
      Argentine footballer, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Meza

    Meza has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Meza come from?
    From Spanish Meza, a toponymic surname from Old Spanish meza (“plateau, mesa”). Compare Modern Spanish mesa (“table, mesa”).
    How common is the surname Meza?
    53,230 people in the United States had the surname Meza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,800 Americans. It ranked 639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meza?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Meza identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Meza?
    Maximiliano Meza, Argentinian association football player, followed by Fernando Meza.
    Where is the surname Meza most common?
    Wikidata records people named Meza in Argentina.
    What type of surname is Meza?
    Meza is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Meza getting more or less common?
    More common. 37,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 53,230 in 2010, up 41%.