How rare is the last name Mei?

9,725 people in the United States have the last name Mei, about 1 in 30,735. It ranks #3,578 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MEI

#3,578

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,725
About
1 in 30,735
This common or more
54.6%
Who bears it

Of the 9,725 people with the last name Mei, 93.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.7% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mei

#3,576 Goncalves · 9,726#3,576 Poston · 9,726#3,579 Glaser · 9,721#3,580 Horst · 9,709

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mei, most common first.

#7,676 Meh · 4,158#13,088 Mee · 2,241#22,666 Mey · 1,161#28,876 Meo · 876#45,457 Mew · 507#64,670 Mea · 332

Also a first name

As a first name, Mei ranks #2,249 of 53,615, with 11,596 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 117 births. See Mei as a first name

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