The MEIER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	24,886	1298	0.009	92
United States (1880 census)	3,377	1815	0.007	68
Change since 1880	+21509	+517	+0.002	+24
Other Countries
Australia	678	2378	0.004	41
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for MEIER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Wisconsin	2,027	181	0.038	378
California	1,997	1549	0.006	59
Illinois	1,692	649	0.014	136
Minnesota	1,321	286	0.027	269
Texas	1,271	1791	0.006	61
Top States for MEIER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Dakota	351	104	0.055	547
South Dakota	302	156	0.040	400
Wisconsin	2,027	181	0.038	378
Iowa	1,034	221	0.035	353
Nebraska	517	237	0.030	302

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MEIER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MEIER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MEIER in Wisconsin than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MEIER by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MEIER

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MEIER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MEIER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	398	1.6
Mixed Race	249	1
Asian/Pacific	127	0.51
Native American/Alaskan	92	0.37
Black/African American	47	0.19
White (Caucasian)	23,973	96.33

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MEIER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MEIER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MEIER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.