Messens Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Messens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 208 | 1:55,272 | 8,954 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Messens Demographics
Average Messens Salary in
United States
$34,986 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Messens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messens is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Messens.
How Common Is The Last Name Messens? popularity and diffusion
The last name Messens is the 985,740th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Messens are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 55,272. In Belgium Messens is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 67 percent live, Walloon Region, where 20 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Belgium it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Messens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Messens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Messens last name expanded 2,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Messens Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Messens surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Messens earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 24.82% less than the national average, earning R 178,656 per year and in United States they earn 18.92% less than the national average, earning $34,986 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meessens | 93 | 74 | / |
| Moessens | 93 | 12 | / |
| Maessens | 93 | 8 | / |
| Mesens | 92 | 193 | / |
| Meesens | 86 | 104 | / |
| Massens | 86 | 85 | / |
| Missens | 86 | 8 | / |
| Maesens | 86 | 2 | / |
| Moesens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Messence | 80 | 262 | / |
| Metsense | 80 | 1 | / |
| Messenze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Metens | 77 | 509 | / |
| Masens | 77 | 52 | / |
| Mosens | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mésens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mesins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meissence | 75 | 1 | / |
| Messendje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Massenz | 71 | 304 | / |
| Mettens | 71 | 235 | / |
| Moysens | 71 | 24 | / |
| Misense | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mesenze | 71 | 20 | / |
| Missins | 71 | 14 | / |
| Meetens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Massins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maisens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meetins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meatens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Maysens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Means | 67 | 22,032 | / |
| Meins | 67 | 2,460 | / |
| Meyns | 67 | 580 | / |
| Missions | 67 | 26 | / |
| Muytsens | 67 | 6 | / |
| Messinze | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muyshens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meechins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meachens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meuns | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Messens
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