Last Name MEREDITH

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Meaning	The son of Meredith. This family is of British origin. Old chronicles relate that the first settlement of the family was situated on the Welsh shore, where the sea washed in with great impetuosity and noise, from whence it is added they took the name of 'Meredyth,' or 'Ameredith.' 'Maredydd,' Welsh, the animated one.

Origin	Welsh, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank	1,358 (2000 US census)	1,366 (1990 US census)

Count	23,937 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.85%, or 20550 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.29%, or 2463 total occurrences, as black,
0.74%, or 177 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.34%, or 81 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.35%, or 323 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.44%, or 345 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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