View the most partisan surnames in The United States

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

Mesta (Hindi: मेस्ता, Marathi: मेता) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Mésta. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 49,630^th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 703,363 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Mesta live; 49 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 93,368^th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 5,246 people.

The surname Mesta is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 5,113 people, or 1 in 150,023. In India Mesta is most common in: Karnataka, where 83 percent reside, Goa, where 12 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 5 percent reside. Besides India this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Mesta Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Mesta has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 7,058 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mesta Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Mesta last name are 6.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.22% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mesta earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 6.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,671 per year; in United States they earn 15.31% less than the national average, earning $36,544 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.02% less than the national average, earning $31,292 CAD per year.