Meshter Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Meshter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 128 | 1:355,646 | 44,014 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Meshter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meshter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meshter (Russian: Мештер) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meshter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meshter is the 1,497,948th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Meshter live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
Meshter is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 355,646. In Ukraine it is mostly found in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 80 percent reside, Donetsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Mykolaiv Oblast, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Meshter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meshter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meshter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meshter in the Russian language | ||
| Мештер | mester | - |
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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 Meshter
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