Messier Surname
Approximately 11,939 people bear this surname
Messier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5,563 | 1:6,623 | 973 |
| United States | 5,418 | 1:66,899 | 7,792 |
| France | 785 | 1:84,615 | 12,019 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Colombia | 30 | 1:1,592,469 | 11,125 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 183 | 1:274,419 | 22,265 |
Messier (483) may also be a first name.
Messier Demographics
Messier Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Messier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messier (Arabic: مسير, Russian: Мэссиер) is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messier? popularity and diffusion
The surname Messier is the 43,547th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 610,398 people. Messier is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Messier reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 386,824th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 483 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is held by 5,563 people, or 1 in 6,623. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 88 percent reside, Ontario, where 7 percent reside and British Columbia, where 2 percent reside. Other than Canada this surname occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 45 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.
Messier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Messier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,961 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Messier Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Messier last name are 14.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Messier earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning R 216,036 per year; in Colombia they earn 21.07% more than the national average, earning $27,485,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.05% more than the national average, earning $46,623 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.14% less than the national average, earning $44,149 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messier Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messier in the Russian language | ||
| Мэссиер | messier | - |
| Messier in the Arabic language | ||
| مسير | msyr | - |
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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 Messier
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