Messias Surname
Approximately 134,966 people bear this surname
Messias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 123,556 | 1:1,733 | 181 |
| Mozambique | 6,798 | 1:4,010 | 928 |
| Angola | 2,169 | 1:12,443 | 1,529 |
| Portugal | 1,491 | 1:6,987 | 665 |
| South Africa | 330 | 1:164,175 | 18,364 |
| England | 114 | 1:488,755 | 31,416 |
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| France | 75 | 1:885,636 | 103,228 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Jamaica | 42 | 1:68,332 | 3,418 |
| Ecuador | 31 | 1:513,092 | 10,998 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Paraguay | 20 | 1:361,837 | 5,406 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 32 | 1:761,730 | 34,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Messías (3) are calculated separately.
Messias (60,514) may also be a first name.
Messias Demographics
Average Male Messias Height
171.18 cm
Average Female Messias Height
164.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Messias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messias (Russian: Мессиас) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may occur in the variant forms: Messías. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Messias? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,166th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,995 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Messias are found; 92 percent are found in South America and 92 percent are found in Luso-South America. Messias is also the 15,755th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 60,514 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 123,556 people, or 1 in 1,733. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 29 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live and Bahia, where 9 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 5 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.
Messias Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Messias has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 356 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 9,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Messias Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Messias last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Messias earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 16.67% less than the national average, earning R 198,024 per year; in United States they earn 14.13% more than the national average, earning $49,245 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $54,770 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messias Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messias in the Russian language | ||
| Мессиас | messias | - |
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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 Messias
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