Meintjes Surname

74,531st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,597 people bear this surname

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

Meintjes Surname Definition:

“Powerful Ruler”. Diminutive of Maginhold in Old German. Hence also Mynhardt.

Meintjes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,1901:8,7521,103
Australia1141:236,80422,158
United States871:4,166,195223,594
England661:844,21344,691
Zimbabwe241:643,26047,966
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Namibia81:301,17510,197
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Meintjés (5) are calculated separately.

Meintjes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Powerful Ruler”. Diminutive of Maginhold in Old German. Hence also Mynhardt.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Meintjes Last Name Facts

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

Meintjes is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant: Meintjés. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meintjes.

How Common Is The Last Name Meintjes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 74,531st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,104,676 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Meintjes are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 6,190 people, or 1 in 8,752. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 36 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent are found and North West, where 11 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Meintjes is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Meintjes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Meintjes last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% being registered with the political party.

The amount Meintjes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.34% more than the national average, earning R 426,180 per year and in United States they earn 4.89% more than the national average, earning $45,261 USD per year.

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