Meste Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Meste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 138 | 1:481,324 | 67,982 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Meşte (5) & Mesté (1) are calculated separately.
Meste (65) may also be a first name.
Meste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meste Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meste (Russian: Месте) is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Meşte or Mesté. Click here to see other possible spellings of Meste.
How Common Is The Last Name Meste? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,032,007th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname Meste is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Meste are found; 58 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,212,820th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name Meste is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 481,324. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Occitanie, where 40 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 38 percent are found and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 9 percent are found. Not including France Meste exists in 17 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
Meste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meste has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meste last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meste Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meste in the Russian language | ||
| Месте | meste | - |
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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 Meste
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