How rare is the last name Mesa?

13,306 people in the United States have the last name Mesa, about 1 in 22,463. It ranks #2,645 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MESA

#2,645

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,306
About
1 in 22,463
This common or more
51.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,306 people with the last name Mesa, 84.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% as White and 4.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mesa

#2,643 Early · 13,316#2,644 Starnes · 13,312#2,646 Lofton · 13,295#2,647 Concepcion · 13,289

Spelled almost the same

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

#634 Meza · 52,047#29,168 Meka · 865#33,699 Mess · 727#36,150 Messa · 667#49,502 Mesia · 459#56,084 Mesh · 394#58,307 Mega · 376#62,640 Mesi · 345

Also a first name

As a first name, Mesa ranks #14,395 of 53,615, with 819 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2013, with 47 births. See Mesa as a first name

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