The Mejia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 104,057 people carried this name — #300 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,830 people counted. That is up 56% from 66,534 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Mejia surname

A surname from Spanish, an anglicization of Mejía.

Anglicization of Spanish Mejía

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mejia» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,889 people named Mejia live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,872
City of Buenos Aires 1,399
Salta 321
Córdoba 279
Jujuy 204
Mendoza 169
Chubut 154
Santa Cruz 96

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

304 people named Mejia live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 66
Geneva 55
Zurich 53
Aargau 27
Fribourg 16
Lucerne 14
St. Gallen 13
Ticino 12

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

34 people named Mejia is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 34

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Mejia in American newspapers,
1846–1890.

Newspaper page from Port-Gibson Herald carrying the name Mejia
Port-Gibson Herald 1846-05-07
Newspaper page from Luxemburger Gazette carrying the name Mejia
Luxemburger Gazette 1875-04-27
Newspaper page from El Fronterizo carrying the name Mejia
El Fronterizo 1890-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,018 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mejia in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.

58 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mejia. The most, 33, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 5
New South Wales 4
Victoria 2
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mejia.

Who carried it

People named Mejia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elena Arizmendi Mejia
    Elena Arizmendi Mejia 1884–1949 · historian
  • Abigail Mejia
    Abigail Mejia 1895–1941 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Abigail Mejia: Macarena Olivera Hardoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 77 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mejia,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,202 records

1,202 records of the Mejia name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 978
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 133
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alfred M. Mejia

    Born 1925 in Arizona. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; kitchen worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David T. Mejia

    Born 1931; from Orange County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louis E. Mejia

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Servia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 24; traveler. From England; bound for San Francisco.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,202 records for Mejia in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Mejia name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Carmen Marie Mejia

    Born 1925 in Algeria; died 1998 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Michel Mejia

    Born 1911 in Paris; died 1987 in Neaux (Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Mejia name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Isabella Teresa Mejia

    In the population register of Bobures (Venenzuela); born 1879 in Bobures (Venenzuela).

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Mejia in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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