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
Meissner is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meissner? popularity and diffusion
It is the 28,497th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 386,464 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Meissner live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 53 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,840,253rd most numerous first name internationally It is held by 32 people.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 9,254 people, or 1 in 8,700. In Germany Meissner is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent are found, Bavaria, where 13 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent are found. Besides Germany Meissner occurs in 70 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Poland, where 4 percent are found.
Meissner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meissner has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,572 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 807 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Meissner Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Meissner last name are 13.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.46% 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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