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
Meskus Political Affiliation
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Meskus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meskus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meskus is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Meškus. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meskus? popularity and diffusion
Meskus is the 1,129,067th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Meskus reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 76 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most numerous in Finland, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 35,693. In Finland Meskus is primarily found in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 63 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 14 percent reside and Lapland, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Finland Meskus is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.
Meskus Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Meskus are 40.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.75% being registered to vote for the political 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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