Maestas Surname
Approximately 10,153 people bear this surname
Maestas Surname Definition:
Variant of the Catalan "maestre" from "maestrar" - to teach, educators.
Read More About This SurnameMaestas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,136 | 1:35,760 | 4,456 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 111 | 1:452,421 | 32,615 |
Maestas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variant of the Catalan "maestre" from "maestrar" - to teach, educators.
User-submitted Reference
The original spelling of the surname Maestas is Majestas. It was first found in Northern Holland and spread to Spain. In Latin and Greek, maestas or majestas means 'majestic'.
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Maestas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maestas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maestas occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maestas? popularity and diffusion
Maestas is the 50,528th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 717,773 people. The last name Maestas occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Maestas reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 10,136 people, or 1 in 35,760. In The United States Maestas is primarily found in: New Mexico, where 33 percent live, Colorado, where 26 percent live and California, where 14 percent live. Besides The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Mexico, where 0 percent live.
Maestas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Maestas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Maestas surname expanded 9,132 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maestas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Maestas are 7.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.67% registered to vote for the party.
Maestas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.78% less than the national average, earning $40,653 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maestais | 93 | 3 | / |
| Maesteas | 93 | 2 | / |
| Meaestas | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mestas | 92 | 7,222 | / |
| Mastas | 92 | 107 | / |
| Mastass | 86 | 240 | / |
| Maestaz | 86 | 73 | / |
| Meastas | 86 | 71 | / |
| Muestas | 86 | 44 | / |
| Mestais | 86 | 37 | / |
| Meistas | 86 | 10 | / |
| Maestos | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mastash | 86 | 2 | / |
| Miestas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maistas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mestasz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Messtas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mashtash | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mastaisz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mestaz | 77 | 216 | / |
| Mastos | 77 | 207 | / |
| Meztas | 77 | 40 | / |
| Mastaz | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mostas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mestaş | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mestos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mesthos | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mostais | 71 | 18 | / |
| Meištas | 71 | 6 | / |
| Moustas | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mostash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masteus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maheshtoust | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mastheis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masteush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mohestos | 67 | 0 | / |
| Mostos | 62 | 5 | / |
| Moustos | 57 | 172 | / |
| Moustach | 53 | 321 | / |
| Moustous | 53 | 1 | / |
| Moustache | 50 | 1,074 | / |
| Moushtach | 50 | 1 | / |
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Maestas Reference & Research
Maestas DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Maestas FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maestas
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