Meents Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Meents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5241:691,71654,826
Germany1201:670,87952,024
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Meents Last Name Facts

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

The surname Meents is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meents? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 469,321st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,178,137 people. Meents is primarily found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Meents live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Meents is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 524 people, or 1 in 691,716. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 41 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Ohio, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 17 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside.

Meents Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Meents has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meents last name expanded 2,015 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Meents Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Meents surname are 36.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 82.83% being registered with the political party.

The amount Meents earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.43% less than the national average, earning R 39,372 per year; in United States they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning $41,329 USD per year and in Canada they earn 53.74% more than the national average, earning $76,381 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ments91212/
Meent9136/
Meints831,948/
Mentse8327/
Meentz8323/
Mients835/
Meemnt832/
Meemts831/
Meynts831/
Meente831/
Mentsh831/
Meends831/
Meenzs831/
Mentss830/
Ment801,162/
Ments'e7724/
Mentsch779/
Ment'se773/
Mentshe771/
Majents771/
Mienths771/
Meiunts771/
'Mentse771/
Mends739,255/
Mente736,421/
Mentz735,250/
Menth731,219/
Mints73732/
Mendt73166/
Mynts7379/
Mient7338/
Mentő7328/
Meend7315/
Muent738/
Meenz737/
Mentt734/
Mennt732/
Mencs732/
Meemt731/
Moent731/
Mehnt731/
Mentsova7110/
'Ment'se713/
Majentse712/
'Ments'e712/
Mounts674,765/
Menthe67472/
Mentch67307/
Meintz67264/
Mentze67114/
Maentz6753/
Meinds6737/
Muentz6731/
Mnt6714/
Meyntz6713/
Maints6712/
Moendt6710/
Mentte678/
Mintzs676/
Meimts674/
Mentše674/
Mentzh673/
Meench673/
Mintse673/
Memtse673/
Mendtz672/
Menttz671/
Mngeet671/
Mendds671/
Myonts671/
Mendzs671/
Menntz670/
Meantz670/
Maunts670/
Meands670/
Meienz670/
Moints670/
Mintts670/

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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 Meents
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