Mesani Surname

594,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 524 people bear this surname

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

Mesani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mesani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3781:143,32716,430
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
India201:38,353,269431,471
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mesani (137) may also be a first name.

Mesani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mesani (Marathi: मेसानी, Oriya: େମସନୀ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mesani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 594,812th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,907,530 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mesani live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mesani is also the 790,880th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 137 people.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 143,327. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Mesani Last Name Statistics demography

Mesani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.83% less than the national average, earning R 109,716 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mesani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mesani in the Marathi language
मेसानीmesani-
Mesani in the Oriya language
େମସନୀemasani50
େମସାନିemasani25
େମଶାନୀemasani25

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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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  • 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 Mesani
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