Find out how popular the last name Meyn is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Meyn.

Meyn, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Meyn surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Meyn in America

Meyn is the 35812th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Meyn surname appeared 627 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Meyn.

We can also compare 2010 data for Meyn to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Meyn

The surname MEYN has its origins in the northern regions of Germany and the Netherlands, dating back to the early Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old Low German word "meine," which means "common" or "shared land." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who lived on or worked communal lands.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name MEYN can be found in the Bremisches Urkundenbuch, a collection of medieval documents from the city of Bremen, dating back to the 13th century. It mentions a "Henricus Meyn" in a legal document from 1285.

In the 14th century, the name appears in the Hanseatic League's records, indicating that some individuals bearing this surname were involved in the influential medieval trading network that connected cities across northern Europe.

The MEYN name can also be traced to various place names in northern Germany and the Netherlands, such as Meyn, a village in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and Meyne, a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. These place names likely contributed to the surname's development and spread.

One notable figure bearing the MEYN surname was Johann Meyn (1619-1683), a German Lutheran theologian and writer who served as a pastor in Lübeck. Another was Pieter Meyn (1754-1833), a Dutch painter known for his landscape and marine artworks.

In the 19th century, the MEYN name gained prominence with Friedrich Meyn (1821-1901), a German businessman and industrialist who founded the Meyn Company, a leading manufacturer of poultry processing equipment based in Osnabrück, Germany.

Other historical figures with the MEYN surname include Wilhelm Meyn (1853-1914), a German politician and member of the Reichstag, and Gertrud Meyn (1892-1973), a German author and translator who specialized in children's literature.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Meyn

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Meyn.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Meyn was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Meyn has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Meyn was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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