Meets Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Meets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Iran711:1,081,44448,589
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Meets Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meets (Russian: Меец) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meets? popularity and diffusion

Meets is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Meets is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Meets reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 652,743. In South Africa Meets is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 34 percent are found, Western Cape, where 31 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 46 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.

Meets Last Name Statistics demography

Meets earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.91% more than the national average, earning R 375,252 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mehets9149/
Meetse9110/
Meeths919/
Meetes913/
Meests911/
Mees8911,241/
Mets893,702/
Meet89155/
Meyetts830/
Metts804,973/
Meese804,467/
Meeds80923/
Meetz80471/
Meeth80306/
Meats80252/
Metse80252/
Meyts80155/
Meess8061/
Meezs8046/
Meete8035/
Meedt8035/
Mehts8020/
Meesh8018/
Meeûs8016/
Miets809/
Metcs806/
Medts805/
Maets804/
Moets804/
Meetd803/
Meits803/
Meths803/
Mgeet802/
Meehs802/
Hmeet802/
Mests801/
Myets801/
Hmees801/
Mhees801/
Mheet801/
Meesz800/
Meest800/
Meett800/
Meggetts770/
Mee7525,977/
Met7513,169/
Mes754,813/
Meetze73954/
Metsch73892/
Meates73381/
Metshe73248/
Mehats73238/
Mehess73157/
Mehesz73148/
Hmeesh73140/
Meites7386/
Meytes7340/
Mheesr7336/
Mehete7335/
Moedts7326/
Meethz7320/
Mehyts7320/
Meesch7318/
Me'ete739/
Meeseh739/
Mouets735/
Meeshe734/
Mu'eet734/
Meetez733/
Meitzs733/
Meette732/
Mehese732/
Mheesh732/
Meutse732/
Meesse732/
Meijts732/
Maiets731/
Mayets731/
Meethe731/
Metsci731/
Meuths731/
Meyecs731/
Mettse731/
Mestse731/
Myetts731/
Mehies731/
Mowets731/
Meehth731/
Meeteh731/
Meesrh731/
Meessh731/
Meetch730/
Meutts730/
Mietts730/
Mete6774,861/
Metz6765,103/
Meer6744,757/
Meşe6717,864/
Meus679,215/
Meat676,525/
Meis676,297/
Mies675,748/
Mece675,633/
Meth673,588/
Mess673,391/
Mese673,072/
Meas672,892/
Meys672,318/
Myts672,152/
Mesh671,930/
Mett671,327/
Mest671,209/
Meit67842/
Meed67830/
Meçe67734/
Mits67619/
Miet67542/
Meex67398/
Meeß67196/
Mehs67179/
Mhet67157/
Metzsch67147/
Meutsch67121/
Mesz67118/
Meht6798/
Mões6793/
Mietsch6788/
Meitsch6775/
Meez6762/
Meea6761/
Mesr6760/
Mezs6758/
Metsova6749/
Meås6738/
Meut6735/
Maheeth6725/
Moetsch6724/
Mges6722/
Mmee6721/
Me'e6721/
Meae6719/
Mejs6717/
Maetsch6715/
Meše6712/
Medt6711/
Mexs6710/
Hmet679/
Meds679/
Meec679/
Muetsch678/
Mezt678/
Mayeeds675/
Hmes675/
Meep675/
Metc675/
Hmee675/
Metsche674/
Meyt674/
Mhee674/
Mães674/
Mhes673/
Meee673/
Mehette672/
Mesd672/
Meey672/
Mouheet672/
Mejt672/
Mmes672/
Metx671/
Metd671/
Majeeds671/
Metì671/
Mehesch671/
Meheshe671/
Mesx671/
Mesp671/
Meej671/
Mhetshe671/
Mecehes671/
Metp671/
Mesj671/
Mayetts670/
Mget670/

Meets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meets in the Russian language
Меецmeec-

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Meets Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Meets
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