Explore the Family Name Meridith

The meaning of Meridith

Welsh: variant of Meredith.

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

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

Based on the data provided by the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Meridith has seen a significant decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Meridith ranked 31,924 in popularity with a count of 683 people bearing it. However, by 2010, the rank had dropped to 42,640 and the count of people with this surname had also decreased to 508. This represents a change of -33.57% in rank and -25.62% in count over the decade. The proportion of people with the surname Meridith per 100k also showed a reduction of -32.0%, slipping from 0.25 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,924	#42,640	-33.57%
Count	683	508	-25.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.17	-32%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Meridith

Turning to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Meridith identify as White. In 2000, this group made up 83.60% but slightly decreased to 78.94% in 2010. The second-largest group identified as Black, which saw an increase from 12.59% in 2000 to 14.76% in 2010. Individuals identifying as belonging to two or more races also increased significantly over the decade from 1.46% to 3.15%. There was an incremental rise in those identifying as Hispanic, from 1.17% to 1.77%. However, there were no individuals with the Meridith surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, whereas in 2000, there was a small percentage (1.17%) identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.6%	78.94%	-5.57%
Black	12.59%	14.76%	17.24%
Two or More Races	1.46%	3.15%	115.75%
Hispanic	1.17%	1.77%	51.28%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.17%	0%	0%