Meese Surname
Approximately 4,467 people bear this surname
Meese Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matthew'. This surname is quite beyond me. I can only suggest that as May, Makin, and Maycock (which see) represented Matthew, and as Makin and Maycock are generally found as Meakin and Mcacock, so Mee may be also a variant of May.
Read More About This SurnameMeese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,519 | 1:143,890 | 14,900 |
| Germany | 897 | 1:89,750 | 11,296 |
| England | 493 | 1:113,018 | 11,616 |
| France | 104 | 1:638,680 | 83,098 |
| Belgium | 95 | 1:121,017 | 17,762 |
| Australia | 71 | 1:380,221 | 31,281 |
| Wales | 56 | 1:55,260 | 5,065 |
| Norway | 46 | 1:111,789 | 14,873 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 207 | 1:117,755 | 11,303 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:120,647 | 5,000 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 500 | 1:100,437 | 10,180 |
Meese (22) may also be a first name.
Meese Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Matthew'. This surname is quite beyond me. I can only suggest that as May, Makin, and Maycock (which see) represented Matthew, and as Makin and Maycock are generally found as Meakin and Mcacock, so Mee may be also a variant of May. There is no doubt that Matthew, through the Old French Mayheu, which was popularized in England, had many nick, forms, some of which are now obsolete. The favourite was May, and this would have variants. All this is corroborated by the existence of Mees and Meeson, corresponding to Mayes and Mayson. Circumstantial evidence, therefore, is entirely in favour of the above suggested solution.
1608. Robert Meese, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
William Mee, of March Croft, Lancashire, 1613: Wills at Chester.
Hugh Mee, 1615: ibid.
1642. Henry Meese, of Brockhurst, in Pennington: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1691. Baptised — Mary, d. Thomas Meeson: ibid.
Meese Demographics
Average Meese Salary in
United States
$44,637 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meese (Marathi: मीसे) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meese? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meese is the 104,933rd most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,631,418 people. The surname Meese is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Meese live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. Meese is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2,519 people, or 1 in 143,890. In The United States it is mostly found in: Ohio, where 18 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Missouri, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.
Meese Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meese has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meese last name rose 504 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 431 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meese Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meese surname are 19.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.72% being registered with the political party.
The amount Meese earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 6.62% less than the national average, earning 323,185 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 91.68% more than the national average, earning R 455,496 per year; in United States they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $44,637 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.2% less than the national average, earning $38,655 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meese Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meese in the Marathi language | ||
| मीसे | mise | - |
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