The Mejias surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,472 people carried this name — #7,450 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 28% from 3,499 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mejias surname
Borrowed from Spanish Mejías. This surname is mostly found in Venezuela.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mejias» (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 2,281 people named Mejias 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Mejias.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Mejias in American newspapers,
1921–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,344 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mejias,
with a public archive behind them.
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Patricio Mejías 1962– · comedian
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Marlies Mejias 1992– · sport cyclist
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Laura Peinado 1992– · weightlifter
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Syrielle Mejias 1996– · actor
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Christian Manuel Thondike Mejias 2001– · volleyball player
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Moenesa Mejias 2003– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mejias.
- Meireles 284 · U.S. census
- Meiser 1,565 · U.S. census
- Meiss 374 · U.S. census
- Meissner 4,097 · U.S. census
- Meister 7,885 · U.S. census
- Mejean 117 · U.S. census
- Mel 310 · U.S. census
- Mela 260 · U.S. census
- Melan 204 · U.S. census
- Melani 197 · U.S. census
- Melano 154 · U.S. census
- Melchior 1,322 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mejias is.
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