Explore the Family Name Medearis

The meaning of Medearis

Altered form of Portuguese and Galician Medeiros. Compare Medaris.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Medearis in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the Medearis surname saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the surname fell by around 1.95% from 28,700 in 2000 to 29,261 in 2010. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people with the Medearis surname increased by 3.59%, from 781 in 2000 to 809 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 decreased by about 6.9% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,700	#29,261	-1.95%
Count	781	809	3.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.27	-6.9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Medearis

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some notable shifts among individuals bearing the Medearis surname between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the majority of Medearises were white (71.06%), but this figure dropped to 65.64% by 2010. There was a significant increase in the number of people identifying as Hispanic, rising from 2.94% in 2000 to 6.18% in 2010, an increase of 110.20%. Meanwhile, the percentage of people identifying as Black or African American rose slightly from 20.61% to 21.51%. Notably, there was also a new demographic in 2010 that didn't exist in 2000: those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, accounting for 0.74% of Medearises. The proportion of individuals claiming two or more races also surged by 47.33% over the decade. The percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Natives, however, declined by about 20.07%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	71.06%	65.64%	-7.63%
Black	20.61%	21.51%	4.37%
Hispanic	2.94%	6.18%	110.2%
Two or More Races	2.43%	3.58%	47.33%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.94%	2.35%	-20.07%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.74%	0%