Messeter Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Scotland

Messeter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messeter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Scotland101:535,38220,332
England81:6,964,757184,742
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Messeter Last Name Facts

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

Messeter is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Messeter.

How Common Is The Last Name Messeter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Messeter is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Messeter live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 53 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 895,160. In Sweden Messeter is mostly concentrated in: Skåne County, where 55 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 45 percent reside. Other than Sweden Messeter exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 29 percent reside and England, where 24 percent reside.

Messeter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Messeter has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Messeter surname fell 27 percent between 1881 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
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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 Messeter
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