de Maistre Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

de Maistre Surname Definition:

(French), of Master, Schoolmaster, or Lord of the manor. (variant: Aumaistre, McMaster, and de Meester.)

de Maistre Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3061:217,06833,722
Italy811:755,02161,904
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

de Maistre Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French), of Master, Schoolmaster, or Lord of the manor. (variant: Aumaistre, McMaster, and de Meester.)

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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de Maistre Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Maistre Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Maistre is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Maistre? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Maistre is the 730,373rd most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Maistre are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 217,068. In France it is mostly found in: Île-de-France, where 44 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 12 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 8 percent are found. Outside of France de Maistre is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 20 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Maitre954/
de Maestre906/
de Mastrie901/
de Mitre8910/
de Matre894/
de Mestre8496/
de Master8420/
de Mistri847/
de Mastri845/
de Maitra844/
de Maître841/
de Matres841/
de Maestri80730/
de Mestres802/
de Mittres801/
de Meister800/
de Mitri782,035/
de Mitra7885/
de Mitry7850/
de Matra7814/
de Metre785/
di Mitre781/
de Meestere7671/
de Mester7436/
de Mitrio7423/
de Metres742/
de Matriz742/
de Meester703,311/
de Mestier7030/
de Mestrio702/
di Mitri67708/
de Moustier67150/
de Metri6724/
de Metra671/
De-Mitri671/
de Metrio63149/
di Mitrio6355/
da Matriz6320/
da Matris631/
de Metruis603/
di Metri565/
Di-Mitri561/
De-Metri561/
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