Meals Surname

294,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Meals Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the meols' (i.e. the sands or sand-banks), from residence thereby. On the Cumberland and Lancashire shores are several Meols—Eskmeols and Northmeols being instances. The word is styled Mcales (temp.

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Meals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2191:297,34127,507
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
India51:153,413,076951,030
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
England21:27,859,030389,889
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4991:100,63910,200

Meals (15) may also be a first name.

Meals Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the meols' (i.e. the sands or sand-banks), from residence thereby. On the Cumberland and Lancashire shores are several Meols—Eskmeols and Northmeols being instances. The word is styled Mcales (temp. James I; Lancashire, and Cheshire Records, pt. ii..) and Meeles (ibid. pt. i.).

Margery de Meoles, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John de Meoles, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1605. Katherine Meoles, of Wallasey: Wills at Chester.

1628. William Meoles, of Wallasey, gent.: ibid.

1636. John Meoles, of Newton, near Chester, gent.: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Meals Last Name Facts

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

The surname Meals is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meals? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 294,108th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 5,614,442 people. The surname Meals is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Meals are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,219 people, or 1 in 297,341. In The United States Meals is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 24 percent are found, Texas, where 16 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Meals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Meals has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meals last name grew 244 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Meals Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Meals last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Meals are 11.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.24% registered to vote for the political party.

Meals earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.79% less than the national average, earning $40,220 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meales9131/
Mealls917/
Mals89299/
Measles83304/
Measels8399/
Mehales836/
Mehails830/
Meles8025,755/
Males8013,315/
Malsh80554/
Miels80361/
Mails80291/
Malse80256/
Meils80204/
Meels80124/
Mayls8087/
Maels8050/
Mials8036/
Meyls8023/
Malsz8014/
Malss8011/
Moels8011/
Mauls806/
Mejls805/
Mahls804/
Malls802/
Maals802/
Malhs802/
Masls801/
Mealz801/
Myels801/
Muels801/
Majls801/
Meols800/
Myals800/
Malst800/
Matls800/
Measells77117/
Meattles771/
Miehales771/
Meachels770/
Melese73162,964/
Mieles7313,155/
Meless733,529/
Malsch731,721/
Malese73778/
Malshe73629/
Malles73480/
Miales73232/
Meihls73193/
Miehls73168/
Maglis73140/
Mayals7397/
Mehles7376/
Malesz7373/
Meeles7364/
Meyles7348/
Melesz7347/
Mysels7345/
Myalls7340/
Mowels7322/
Moyels7321/
Mytels7315/
Maeles7314/
Muehls7313/
Malest7313/
Melhes7312/
Maless7311/
Miells737/
Meiles736/
Metles736/
Maells735/
Majuls735/
Masels734/
Mailse733/
Matels733/
Mesles733/
Malhes733/
Mathls732/
Mahals732/
Maills732/
Melest732/
Misels732/
Micels732/
Meules732/
Moeles732/
Mawels732/
Meills731/
Maulls731/
Mesels731/
Meilhs731/
Mhalse731/
Myales731/
Muells731/
Mejels731/
Mecels731/
Mihals731/
Melehs731/
Mahlse731/
Majols731/
Mojals731/
Mmeles731/
Mallst731/
Myells730/
Mattls730/
Myeles730/
Michels6740,369/
Melesse6735,418/
Malz673,211/
Miggels672,300/
Meisels671,999/
Muggels67685/
Mielsch67375/
Mechels67224/
Meijles67110/
Maglish67102/
Mallese6791/
Mojales6784/
Maisels6775/
Mahiels6743/
Magiels6743/
Machils6741/
Mettles6737/
Meisles6737/
Muyales6736/
Malß6731/
Malless6728/
Meggels6728/
Mialhes6714/
Maleshe6712/
Mahales6710/
Meilsøe678/
Mittels678/
Matelse676/
Mahalse676/
Malsova675/
Malx675/
Muelsch674/
Mayales674/
Majales674/
Mgalles674/
Mihiels674/
Mihales673/
Malesse673/
Malsová673/
Maggels673/
Metells672/
Mettels672/
Mielles672/
Mihails672/
Mijales672/
Meilehs672/
Maysels671/
Mattels671/
Matthls671/
Malsche671/
Meelles671/
Meihles671/
Meiless671/
Moweles671/
Moiales671/
Messels671/
Masells671/
Meilles671/
Mauwels671/
Machels671/
Mahalsh671/
Magliss671/
Meioles671/
Melesss671/
Mycells671/
Missels671/
Meelese671/
Mmeless671/
Mmelest671/
Mayeles671/
Meyells670/
Mailsch670/
Meosels670/
Moyales670/
Mesless670/
Messils670/

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