Mesfen Surname

34,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,507 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Mesfen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mesfen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia15,4541:6,312999
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
England61:9,286,343223,652
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Mesfen (5,454) may also be a first name.

Mesfen Last Name Facts

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

Mesfen is most common in Ethiopia. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mesfen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 34,183rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 469,952 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mesfen live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 91,015th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 5,454 people.

The surname Mesfen is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 15,454 people, or 1 in 6,312. Aside from Ethiopia this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Mesfen Last Name Statistics demography

Mesfen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.89% more than the national average, earning $47,850 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mesfien922,094/
Messfen924/
Mesffen921/
Mesfeun921/
Mesfn9145/
Mefen916/
Mesfin83354,872/
Meffen83303/
Mefeng8358/
Masfen8329/
Meifen8314/
Misfen839/
Meefen831/
Mefeun831/
Miefen831/
Mesfne831/
Meifeng7737/
Messfin7726/
Mmesfin771/
Measfin771/
Mesfisn771/
Mesffin771/
Mefin7313/
Mefne730/
Mifen730/
Mefengue712/
Meffin6748/
Maifen6715/
Mojfen6714/
Mmefin6713/
Mayfen674/
Misfin674/
Masfin674/
Mefina673/
Mefing673/
Meafin671/
Moyfen671/
Misfyn671/
Mosfin671/
Mifeng671/
Meufin670/
Mephen670/
Miffen670/

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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 Mesfen
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