Messelaar Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Messelaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messelaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2501:216,71122,792
Netherlands631:268,05033,531
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Messelaar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Messelaar is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Messelaar.

How Common Is The Last Name Messelaar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 830,559th most widely held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Messelaar reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Messelaar is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 216,711. In South Africa it is most common in: Northern Cape, where 54 percent are found, Western Cape, where 12 percent are found and Free State, where 9 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Messelaar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Messelaar surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Messelaar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.57% less than the national average, earning R 115,092 per year and in United States they earn 79.09% more than the national average, earning $77,275 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 Messelaar
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