Meskus Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Meskus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 154 | 1:35,693 | 4,617 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
The alternate forms: Meškus (1) are calculated separately.
Meskus Demographics
Average Meskus Salary in
United States
$32,485 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meskus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meskus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meskus is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Meškus. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meskus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,129,067th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The last name Meskus is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Meskus reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 76 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most prevalent in Finland, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 35,693. In Finland it is most frequent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 63 percent live, Uusimaa, where 14 percent live and Lapland, where 6 percent live. Besides Finland Meskus occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.
Meskus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meskus surname are 40.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.75% registered to vote for the party.
Meskus earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.71% less than the national average, earning $32,485 USD per year.
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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 Meskus
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