Mescht Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Mescht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mescht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mescht Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mescht occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mescht? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,605,694th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Mescht is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Mescht live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Mescht is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 1,083,554. In South Africa Mescht is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 44 percent are found, Western Cape, where 24 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 18 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mescht
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