Messingham Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Grenada

Messingham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1321:422,10728,563
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Grenada11:108,5351,793
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England571:427,63825,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Messingham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Messingham is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Messingham.

How Common Is The Last Name Messingham? popularity and diffusion

Messingham is the 1,202,518th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Messingham are found; 69 percent are found in Northern Europe and 69 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 422,107. In England it is most numerous in: Hampshire, where 39 percent live, West Sussex, where 14 percent live and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 11 percent live. Other than England Messingham is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Scotland, where 2 percent live.

Messingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Messingham has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 232 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 305 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Messingham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Messingham last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

Messingham earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.72% more than the national average, earning $52,088 USD per year.

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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
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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 Messingham
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