Meijster Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Meijster Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 131 | 1:128,910 | 20,052 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Meijster Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meijster Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meijster is found most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meijster? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meijster is the 1,558,593rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Meijster live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 128,910. In The Netherlands Meijster is most numerous in: South Holland, where 48 percent reside, North Holland, where 13 percent reside and North Brabant, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands Meijster exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 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
- 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 Meijster
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