How common is the surname O'Meara?

4,801 people in the United States had the surname O'Meara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,309 Americans. It ranked 6,983rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname O'Meara?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Meara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named O'Meara?

Mark O'Meara, American professional golfer.

Where is the surname O'Meara most common?

Wikidata records people named O'Meara in the United States.

Is the surname O'Meara getting more or less common?

More common. 4,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,801 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname O'Meara

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,801 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Meara is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”), a byname from meadhair, variant of meidhir (“mirth, merriment”).

O'Meara is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,801 people named O'Meara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,309 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,667.

#6,983

rank among US surnames

4,801

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,673)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,979	Bolinger	4,805	64,255
#6,980	Gilbreath	4,804	64,268
#6,982	Herd	4,803	64,282
#6,983	O'Meara	4,801	64,309

Who is named O'Meara

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

95% of people named O'Meara identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous O'Mearas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark O'Meara
American professional golfer, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like O'Meara

O'Meara has the Soundex code O560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O560.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname O'Meara come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meadhra (“descendant of Meadhair”), a byname from meadhair, variant of meidhir (“mirth, merriment”).
How common is the surname O'Meara?: 4,801 people in the United States had the surname O'Meara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,309 Americans. It ranked 6,983rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname O'Meara?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Meara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named O'Meara?: Mark O'Meara, American professional golfer.
Where is the surname O'Meara most common?: Wikidata records people named O'Meara in the United States.
What type of surname is O'Meara?: O'Meara is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname O'Meara getting more or less common?: More common. 4,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,801 in 2010, up 2.9%.