Meske Surname
Approximately 1,700 people bear this surname
Meske Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 867 | 1:418,061 | 36,280 |
| Germany | 516 | 1:156,018 | 18,631 |
| Mauritania | 138 | 1:29,673 | 2,470 |
| Argentina | 80 | 1:534,293 | 38,967 |
| Latvia | 51 | 1:40,197 | 6,121 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55 | 1:913,067 | 55,053 |
The alternate forms: Meské (1) are calculated separately.
Meske (798) may also be a first name.
Meske Demographics
Average Male Meske Height
176.73 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Meske Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meske Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meske (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻚ, Russian: Меске) is found most in The United States. It may appear as a variant: Meské. Click here for further potential spellings of Meske.
How Common Is The Last Name Meske? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 236,399th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,286,792 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Meske live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 289,761st most numerous forename globally, borne by 798 people.
Meske is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 867 people, or 1 in 418,061. In The United States Meske is mostly found in: Wisconsin, where 19 percent are found, Washington, where 13 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States Meske is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 30 percent are found and Mauritania, where 8 percent are found.
Meske Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meske has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meske last name rose 1,576 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meske Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Meske surname are 19.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.5% being registered with the political party.
The amount Meske earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6.82% more than the national average, earning $46,092 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.93% less than the national average, earning $39,286 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meske Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meske in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻚ | msk | 54.9 |
| ﻣﺴﻜﻪ | mskh | 43.14 |
| Meske in the Russian language | ||
| Меске | meske | - |
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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 Meske
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