Maister Surname
Approximately 1,466 people bear this surname
Maister Surname Definition:
The Maisters of Yorkshire have a tradition of descent from the family of Le Maistre in Brittany. The name is of course the Old French le Maistre, the Master.
Maister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 891 | 1:51,092 | 7,395 |
| United States | 154 | 1:2,353,629 | 145,693 |
| Brazil | 117 | 1:1,829,695 | 59,051 |
| Moldova | 61 | 1:58,383 | 8,186 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Austria | 32 | 1:266,107 | 30,958 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Maister (16) may also be a first name.
Maister Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Maisters of Yorkshire have a tradition of descent from the family of Le Maistre in Brittany. The name is of course the Old French le Maistre, the Master.
Maister Demographics
Maister Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Maister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maister (Russian: Маистер) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Maister.
How Common Is The Last Name Maister? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 266,624th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,971,041 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Maister live; 66 percent live in Eastern Europe and 62 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 16 people.
The last name Maister is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 891 people, or 1 in 51,092. In Ukraine Maister is mostly found in: Vinnytsia Oblast, where 18 percent live, Zhytomyr Oblast, where 13 percent live and Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 13 percent live. Barring Ukraine Maister is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
Maister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Maister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Maister surname expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Maister Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Maister surname are 5.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Maister earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.57% less than the national average, earning R 48,540 per year; in United States they earn 31.22% more than the national average, earning $56,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 89.68% more than the national average, earning $94,241 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maister Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maister in the Russian language | ||
| Маистер | maister | - |
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Footnotes
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