Mail Surname
Approximately 13,915 people bear this surname
Mail Surname Definition:
MAEL-, Mail-, (later Maol-): The use of this word signifying "cropped," "shaveling," "slave," goes back to pagan times, and it is found in the ogham inscriptions, though rarely. Among the early Gaels close cropped hair was a mark of servile position:- the nobles of the tribe always wore their hair long.
Read More About This SurnameMail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,971 | 1:67,098 | 7,257 |
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Afghanistan | 1,321 | 1:24,340 | 1,157 |
| India | 1,287 | 1:596,010 | 28,820 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,113 | 1:27,723 | 3,883 |
| Malaysia | 901 | 1:32,735 | 2,770 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| England | 472 | 1:118,047 | 12,017 |
| United States | 416 | 1:871,296 | 66,093 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Portugal | 236 | 1:44,145 | 2,563 |
| Pakistan | 232 | 1:770,017 | 11,126 |
| France | 192 | 1:345,952 | 52,007 |
| Germany | 173 | 1:465,349 | 40,819 |
| Australia | 164 | 1:164,608 | 17,026 |
| Philippines | 146 | 1:693,412 | 70,840 |
| Hong Kong | 112 | 1:65,495 | 1,203 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Brunei | 102 | 1:4,105 | 652 |
| Turkey | 102 | 1:762,955 | 37,984 |
| Canada | 97 | 1:379,851 | 33,859 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| Italy | 96 | 1:637,049 | 57,270 |
| Netherlands | 95 | 1:177,760 | 25,545 |
| Thailand | 94 | 1:751,472 | 122,930 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Singapore | 77 | 1:71,529 | 2,869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74 | 1:110,185 | 14,934 |
| Scotland | 61 | 1:87,767 | 6,275 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 1:76,751 | 11,256 |
| Israel | 54 | 1:158,475 | 16,422 |
| Iran | 49 | 1:1,566,990 | 61,347 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Denmark | 33 | 1:171,052 | 14,584 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| China | 30 | 1:45,577,386 | 2,472 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
| Vietnam | 12 | 1:7,720,504 | 2,596 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| South Korea | 7 | 1:7,320,037 | 1,243 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Serbia | 6 | 1:1,190,825 | 29,487 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 172 | 1:141,717 | 12,742 |
| Scotland | 52 | 1:71,985 | 4,169 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 170 | 1:295,404 | 23,539 |
Mail (14,920) may also be a first name.
Mail Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MAEL-, Mail-, (later Maol-): The use of this word signifying "cropped," "shaveling," "slave," goes back to pagan times, and it is found in the ogham inscriptions, though rarely. Among the early Gaels close cropped hair was a mark of servile position:- the nobles of the tribe always wore their hair long.
Though later translated as 'servant, ' 'devotee, ' "the notion of servitude is for the most part at least, in abeyance. What is indicated is some relation more or less vague to us, between the generic term maol and the specific term following in the genitive case." After the conversion of the Gaels to Christianity the names of the leading Gaelic saints were used as personal names with the addition of mael-. Examples of this ere Mael-Coluim, Mael-Pairaic, Mael-Micheil, etc. The addition of Mael implied that the person sonamed was under the saint's charge, or born on his day. At a later date the Mael- form gave place to Gille-, 'lad, ' 'youth, ' 'servant and still later in most cases we have the simple Callum, Patrick, Michael. Mael in Irish Gaelic names is rarely found seperate, and in such a case would most likely be a hypocoristic shortening of one of the many names beginning with Mael-. The many names with Maael (Maoi) and Gille prefixed are of great value as preserving historical evidence "as to the religious cult and ways of thinking, and also in certain cases of the utmost importance as regards the language in use at a particular period in a particular district."
"Once the names became established they might be applied without reference to the original circumstances that gave rise to them." in Breton maol (moel, 1380), 'bald, ' enters into the composition of innumerable Breton names, as Kermaol, etc. When maol and gille are aspirated the resultant pronunciation is apt to become confused to non-Gaelic ears, and the same result occurs when these words are in the genitive: (Mh)aoile, (Gh)ille.Stolen from Fore bears
= Male, q.v.
Mail Demographics
Average Mail Salary in
United States
$69,813 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mail Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mail (Bengali: মাইল, Georgian: მაილ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻞ, Hindi: मैल, Marathi: माईल, Oriya: ମାଇଲ) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mail.
How Common Is The Last Name Mail? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mail is the 37,843rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 523,719 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 70 percent of Mail are found; 35 percent are found in South Asia and 22 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 46,562nd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 14,920 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,971 people, or 1 in 67,098. In Indonesia Mail is most frequent in: West Java, where 34 percent reside, East Nusa Tenggara, where 20 percent reside and East Java, where 6 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 129 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 10 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 9 percent reside.
Mail Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mail has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Mail last name grew 274 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 245 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mail Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mail surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (43%) in Ukraine.
The amount Mail earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 27.28% more than the national average, earning R 302,460 per year; in United States they earn 61.8% more than the national average, earning $69,813 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.01% more than the national average, earning $52,668 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mail in the Georgian language | ||
| მაილ | - | |
| Mail in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻞ | amyl | - |
| Mail in the Bengali language | ||
| মাইল | ma'ila | - |
| Mail in the Marathi language | ||
| माईल | ma'ila | 91.85 |
| मैल | maila | 4.47 |
| मिल | mila | 0.26 |
| माल | mala | 0.26 |
| Mail in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଇଲ | ma'ila | 48 |
| ମଇଲ | ma'ila | 42 |
| ମାଇଲ୍ | ma'il | 3 |
| Mail in the Hindi language | ||
| मैल | maila | 42.11 |
| माईल | ma'ila | 29.82 |
| माइल | ma'ila | 22.81 |
| माली | mali | 1.75 |
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Mail Reference & Research
Malo DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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