Messiter Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Messiter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messiter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Australia371:729,61448,196
England331:1,688,42669,999
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Wales81:386,81619,671
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1391:175,36214,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Messiter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Messiter is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Messiter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Messiter is the 1,257,535th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Messiter reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 23 percent live, New York, where 17 percent live and Michigan, where 14 percent live. Besides The United States Messiter exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent live and England, where 18 percent live.

Messiter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Messiter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Messiter surname increased 411 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 76 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Messiter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Messiter surname are 16.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

Messiter earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.13% more than the national average, earning $54,424 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
  • 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 Messiter
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