de Mesquita Surname

23,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Mesquita Surname User-submission:

The surname Bueno de Mesquita dates back to the Iberian peninsula, about 1000 years ago. Meaning 'good of the mosque', it derives from Jewish people living in Spain and Portugal. It comes from Jewish temples and Muslim mosques creating peace.

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de Mesquita 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
Brazil22,8831:9,355556
Portugal751:138,9106,177
France611:1,088,897118,069
South Africa501:1,083,55464,652
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England161:3,482,379114,324
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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de Mesquita Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Bueno de Mesquita dates back to the Iberian peninsula, about 1000 years ago. Meaning 'good of the mosque', it derives from Jewish people living in Spain and Portugal. It comes from Jewish temples and Muslim mosques creating peace.

- rwal8427

This surname means 'from the mosque'.

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de Mesquita Demographics

Average de Mesquita Salary in
United States

$54,725 USD

Per year
Rank:
291,039 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.20835E-6
Rank: 793,788 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
126.82%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Mesquita Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Mesquita is most common in Brazil. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 23,406th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 314,838 people. The surname de Mesquita is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Mesquita live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 22,883 people, or 1 in 9,355. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Ceará, where 28 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live and São Paulo, where 11 percent live. Aside from Brazil it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

de Mesquita Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Mesquita earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 18.18% more than the national average, earning R 280,836 per year and in United States they earn 26.83% more than the national average, earning $54,725 USD per year.

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