Meek is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Meek
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Meek

How popular is Meek?

Meek is common in United States.

Meek is ranked 17324 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Meek bearers increased by 2.89367 per cent in 2010 US census to 14970 since 2000, the surname slipped by 130 spots and ranked at 2419. The last name was found in around 51 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.64 92.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.55 2.06
Black 2.32 2.32
Others 1.74 1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.01 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.58
Meek is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 30217 people have been found who wears Meek as their family name. Meek is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
13,220 Thailand6
8,438 China5
8,411 Costa Rica4
4,881 Oman3
32,695 Nigeria3
108,034 Italy3
6,270 Hong Kong3
41,879 Turkey2
5,298 Botswana2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
28,232 Morocco2
7,299 Estonia2
12,172 Ghana2
54,641 Sweden2
40,256 Mexico2
4,367 Afghanistan2
29,774 Venezuela1
123,175 Tanzania1
9,116 Nicaragua1
6,820 Angola1
2,190 Barbados1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
9,498 Iceland1
28,365 Kenya1
6,688 Malawi1
40,340 Malaysia1
49,529 Israel1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
14,373 Jordan1
7,895 South Korea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
13,447 Uganda1
36,814 Romania1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
28,564 Switzerland36
269,016 Russia29
11,444 Portugal28
11,685 Singapore24
52,530 Belgium22
23,914 Denmark20
173,579 Ukraine18
411,400 Indonesia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
92,589 Brazil79
36,203 Spain63
133,875 France61
5,450 Ireland60
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Meek:
913 Scotland899
1,421 New Zealand518
832 Wales463
30,822 Philippines387
7,595 Netherlands368
2,649 Norway256
43,536 Germany235
6,416 Colombia210
1,506 Jamaica178
Countries with thousands of Meek:
1,844 England4,334
4,651 South Africa1,406
2,300 Australia1,350
3,631 Canada1,275
Countries with ten thousands of Meek:
2,283 United States17,616
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Meek worked as and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Elsinor and arrived on April 5, 1849. Immigrant Charles Meek, 58 years old Watson Meek, 50 years old Mary Meek, 18 years old Ann Meek, are others that migrated to US from Belfast, London and Liverpool.

Meek Namesakes

    Donald Meek, British film and theater actor
  • Nia-Aiyana Meeks, Gregory Meeks' daughter
  • Aja Meeks, Gregory Meeks' daughter
  • Allyson Meeks, Alton Meeks' mother
  • Alton Meeks, Football linebacker
  • Tony Meeker, Politician
  • Annette Meeks, Politician
  • Les Meek, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Arlan Meekhof, Politician
  • Joe Meek, Record producer
  • Jacob Edwin Meeker, U.S. representative

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