Meissner Surname
Approximately 18,857 people bear this surname
Meissner Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Meissen (place on the river Meissa), in Saxony.
Meissner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,254 | 1:8,700 | 1,074 |
| United States | 5,723 | 1:63,334 | 7,418 |
| Poland | 788 | 1:48,234 | 7,610 |
| Austria | 492 | 1:17,308 | 2,625 |
| Australia | 440 | 1:61,354 | 7,413 |
| Canada | 337 | 1:109,334 | 11,723 |
| France | 262 | 1:253,522 | 39,145 |
| Switzerland | 248 | 1:33,117 | 4,867 |
| Brazil | 231 | 1:926,729 | 33,128 |
| South Africa | 119 | 1:455,275 | 38,276 |
| Czechia | 116 | 1:91,668 | 15,238 |
| England | 113 | 1:493,080 | 31,588 |
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| Argentina | 101 | 1:423,202 | 32,207 |
| Sweden | 79 | 1:124,642 | 8,853 |
| Romania | 61 | 1:329,145 | 28,853 |
| Thailand | 46 | 1:1,535,616 | 206,021 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| Norway | 31 | 1:165,880 | 20,092 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Denmark | 22 | 1:256,578 | 19,736 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| Finland | 19 | 1:289,300 | 21,660 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Nicaragua | 12 | 1:501,758 | 3,714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 1:10,649 | 1,253 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 364 | 1:137,963 | 13,058 |
Meissner (32) may also be a first name.
Meissner Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Meissen (place on the river Meissa), in Saxony.
Meissner Demographics
Average Male Meissner Height
177.89 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Meissner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meissner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meissner occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Meissner.
How Common Is The Last Name Meissner? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,497th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 386,464 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Meissner are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Meissner is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 32 people.
The last name Meissner is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 9,254 people, or 1 in 8,700. In Germany Meissner is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside, Bavaria, where 13 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 70 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Poland, where 4 percent reside.
Meissner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meissner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meissner last name expanded 1,572 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 807 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Meissner Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Meissner surname are 13.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.46% being registered with the party.
The amount Meissner earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 18.66% more than the national average, earning 410,647 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 39.23% more than the national average, earning R 330,864 per year; in United States they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning $47,951 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.23% more than the national average, earning $49,796 CAD per year.
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