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    The surname Miedema

    A Frisian surname, carried by 1,340 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M350

    Miedema: #19,992 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Miedema #19,992, 1,340 people Miedema: #19,992 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Miedema #19,992, 1,340 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Miedema is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    Frisian origin

    Borrowed from West Frisian Miedema.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,340 people named Miedema in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,407 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,292.

    #19,992
    rank among US surnames
    1,340
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,388)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,986McClusky1,341230,235
    #19,992Couillard1,340230,407
    #19,997Jeansonne1,339230,579

    Who is named Miedema

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

    96% of people named Miedema identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Miedema come from?
    Borrowed from West Frisian Miedema.
    How common is the surname Miedema?
    1,340 people in the United States had the surname Miedema in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,407 Americans. It ranked 19,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Miedema?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Miedema identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Miedema getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,340 in 2010, up 3.7%.