Meslay Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Meslay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 186 | 1:357,111 | 53,432 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meslay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meslay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meslay occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meslay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,189,614th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Meslay live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Meslay is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 357,111. In France it is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 37 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 24 percent reside and Occitanie, where 10 percent reside. Apart from France this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Meslay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meslay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meslay surname increased 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Meslay
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