Messow Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Messow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3391:237,47926,122
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Messow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Messow is found most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Messow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 807,857th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Messow are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 237,479. In Germany Messow is most frequent in: Brandenburg, where 38 percent live, Berlin, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Miessow921/
Meassow920/
Mesow915/
Messouwe861/
Massow831,089/
Mossow83140/
Missow8310/
Meshow836/
Messov835/
Messob832/
Mesowe832/
Mesowa831/
Messof831/
Miesow831/
Missouw7740/
Messoub7715/
Messova773/
Missowe771/
Measows771/
Messeuw771/
Messoib771/
Messouf771/
Misshow770/
Messhaw770/
Mosow7361/
Masow7328/
Mesov7325/
Mesaw7318/
Mesob735/
Mesof732/
Meßow731/
Misow731/
Messeauw713/
Messhoub711/
Meadshow710/
Meshaw67201/
Messaf67141/
Misowa67123/
Mechow6775/
Massov6774/
Massof6763/
Mishow6756/
Mossov6734/
Metsov6729/
Masouw6720/
Meshov6720/
Mesova6714/
Mashow6712/
Misiow678/
Massaw678/
Meisov676/
Missov676/
Measaw676/
Meesaw675/
Messab675/
Meysov674/
Maesaw674/
Meshshova673/
Mossaw672/
Masiow672/
Meshof672/
Mesoev671/
Maesov671/
Mitsow671/
Mysowa671/
Mossof671/
Maissouwe671/
Mosoow671/
Misowe671/
Mesawe671/
Mesoub671/
Moshow671/
Mohsow671/
Missaw671/
Mesoff670/
Mesoph670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Messow
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