Meisse Surname
Approximately 2,113 people bear this surname
Meisse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,802 | 1:2,272 | 273 |
| France | 194 | 1:342,385 | 51,549 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
The alternate forms: Meïsse (22) & Meissé (13) are calculated separately.
Meisse (61) may also be a first name.
Meisse Demographics
Meisse Political Affiliation
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Meisse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meisse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meisse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺲ, Russian: Меиссе) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Meïsse or Meissé. Click here for other possible spellings of Meisse.
How Common Is The Last Name Meisse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 198,017th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,448,910 people. The surname Meisse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Meisse reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most common first name world-wide It is held by 61 people.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,802 people, or 1 in 2,272. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 19 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 15 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Meisse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meisse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meisse surname increased 257 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meisse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Meisse surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
Meisse earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.62% more than the national average, earning $47,300 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meisse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meisse in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 71.49 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﻪ | amysh | 12.67 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 7.52 |
| ﻣﻴﺲ | mys | 3.37 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺴﻪ | amysh | 2.77 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﻰ | amysy | 0.4 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﻰ | mysy | 0.4 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﻲ | amysy | 0.2 |
| ﺍﻣﺴﻴﻪ | amsyh | 0.2 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﻲ | mysy | 0.2 |
| ﺇﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 0.2 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺔ | myst | 0.2 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﺔ | amyst | 0.2 |
| Meisse in the Russian language | ||
| Меиссе | meisse | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meisse
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