View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Messitt Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Messitt is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Messitt? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,148,257^th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Messitt live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 4,769,196. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 28 percent are found, Florida, where 18 percent are found and Virginia, where 17 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent are found and Ireland, where 30 percent are found.

Messitt Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Messitt has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 447 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,360 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 282 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Messitt Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Messitt surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% being registered with the political party.

Messitt earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.52% more than the national average, earning $52,865 USD per year.