Maître Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Maître Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 566 | 1:14,510 | 2,391 |
| France | 160 | 1:415,142 | 60,629 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Haiti | 6 | 1:1,780,651 | 14,597 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maitre (20,108) & Maïtre (2) are calculated separately.
Maître (630) may also be a first name.
Maître Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maître Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maître occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Maitre or Maïtre. For other potential spellings of Maître click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maître? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 417,348th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Maître reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Maître is also the 331,749th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 630 people.
The last name Maître is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is held by 566 people, or 1 in 14,510. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Republic and Canton of the Jura, where 53 percent reside, Canton of Valais, where 18 percent reside and Canton of Bern, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in France, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Maître
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