Meside Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Meside Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meside Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Meside (114) may also be a first name.

Meside Last Name Facts

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

The surname Meside (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺰﻳﺪ) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meside.

How Common Is The Last Name Meside? popularity and diffusion

The surname Meside is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meside live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Meside is also the 877,214th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 114 people.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Liberia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mesidet925/
Metside922/
Mescide921/
Meiside921/
Mesides921/
Messide921/
Messider8641/
Messeide862/
Meisides861/
Messidei861/
Messidje861/
Messaide861/
Mesaaide861/
Meschide860/
Maside83358/
Mesede8352/
Mesida8340/
Mejide8332/
Megide8318/
Mesidi839/
Mezide833/
Mecide833/
Moside831/
Meesitdee809/
Meijide771,292/
Mejides77125/
Mesaidi77123/
Megides7759/
Meigide7745/
Meshida7739/
Medjide7729/
Mitside7720/
Meixide7717/
Masside7716/
Mashide7713/
Meygide7712/
Misside778/
Mesidis775/
Mosuide775/
Maseide775/
Messidi774/
Mesidio774/
Messede772/
Masaide772/
Masidie772/
Mecidey771/
Mezeide771/
Meigede771/
Messida771/
Medžide771/
Mechide771/
Megidey771/
Moshide771/
Mexhide771/
Meijede771/
Meijíde771/
Merzide771/
Meseida771/
Mosaide771/
Mesgede771/
Metsidi771/
Mesaida771/
Meisida771/
Mosideu771/
Meizede771/
Mejaide771/
Mesedee771/
Maceide771/
Methsieder7529/
Meschede711,724/
Messeder71381/
Messeded71257/
Mitsides71196/
Meshidoi71163/
Maaseide7196/
Missidje7168/
Meshedie7140/
Meijides7139/
Moisides7126/
Maesiedi7119/
Massaide7113/
Moysides7113/
Meigides7111/
Megidesh719/
Meischeider718/
Meszeder718/
Medjider714/
Messedje714/
Messaidi713/
Messedes711/
Mezhsidi711/
Meigedei711/
Mechidje711/
Meïssede711/
Meissede711/
Merzaide711/
Metchide711/
Messetde711/
Moshidie711/
Messaida711/
Meesidhi711/
Mitsuide711/
Mesgetde710/
Mosidi671,651/
Masidi671,353/
Mijide671,039/
Mezidi67730/
Migide67347/
Misidi67258/
Misida67189/
Masede67165/
Meseda67150/
Mazide6771/
Mesedi6752/
Mezida6750/
Megede6747/
Mecida6747/
Mecidi6728/
Meeseedee6712/
Maishidde6711/
Misede6711/
Meejaidee6711/
Mosede6710/
Megidi679/
Mejidi677/
Mecede677/
Mazede677/
Mejede675/
Mesedy674/
Massideuh671/
Medjuidje671/
Micede671/
Mizide671/
Metchidje671/
Masyde671/
Meichides671/
Mezede671/
Messheder670/

Meside Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meside in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺰﻳﺪmzyd-

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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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  • 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 Meside
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