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.
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Messier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messier (Arabic: مسير, Russian: Мэссиер) occurs most in Canada. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messier? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,547th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 610,398 people. It occurs mostly 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 numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 483 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Canada, where it is carried by 5,563 people, or 1 in 6,623. In Canada Messier is primarily found in: Quebec, where 88 percent are found, Ontario, where 7 percent are found and British Columbia, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Canada it exists in 43 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 45 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.
Messier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Messier has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Messier last name grew 2,961 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Messier Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Messier last name is predominantly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Messier last name are 14.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.43% being registered with 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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