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    The surname Miera

    A surname, carried by 1,594 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Miera is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,594 people named Miera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,267.

    #17,625
    rank among US surnames
    1,594
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,687)

    Who is named Miera

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

    72% of people named Miera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Miera

    Miera has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Miera?
    1,594 people in the United States had the surname Miera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. It ranked 17,625th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Miera?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Miera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Miera getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,594 in 2010, up 26%.