Mester Surname
Approximately 13,506 people bear this surname
Mester Surname Definition:
(German) One who was master of a trade; a learned person or teacher; an artist.
Mester Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 4,888 | 1:2,008 | 225 |
| Germany | 3,690 | 1:21,817 | 2,892 |
| United States | 1,752 | 1:206,883 | 20,278 |
| Romania | 1,425 | 1:14,090 | 1,812 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Indonesia | 189 | 1:699,731 | 54,319 |
| Canada | 107 | 1:344,351 | 31,229 |
| Turkey | 104 | 1:748,283 | 37,471 |
| Slovakia | 104 | 1:51,312 | 9,874 |
| Brazil | 93 | 1:2,301,875 | 71,238 |
| Australia | 78 | 1:346,099 | 29,260 |
| England | 65 | 1:857,201 | 45,134 |
| Belgium | 60 | 1:191,611 | 25,371 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Russia | 55 | 1:2,620,419 | 149,158 |
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Denmark | 25 | 1:225,789 | 17,947 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Moldova | 16 | 1:222,586 | 20,292 |
| Ireland | 13 | 1:362,226 | 14,761 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 162 | 1:309,992 | 24,444 |
The alternate forms: Mešter (419), Meșter (103), Meşter (78) & Méstèr (1) are calculated separately.
Mester (2,085) may also be a first name.
Mester Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who was master of a trade; a learned person or teacher; an artist.
Mester Demographics
Average Mester Salary in
United States
$46,240 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mester Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mester Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mester (Arabic: ميستير, Marathi: तेर, Oriya: େମେର, Russian: Местер) is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mešter, Meșter, Meşter or Méstèr. For other possible spellings of Mester click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mester? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 38,935th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 539,578 people. The surname Mester occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Mester are found; 48 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 36 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe. Mester is also the 164,909th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,085 people.
This last name is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 4,888 people, or 1 in 2,008. In Hungary it is most prevalent in: Budapest, where 14 percent are found, Pest County, where 13 percent are found and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Hungary it exists in 61 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.
Mester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mester has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mester last name increased 1,081 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mester Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Mester surname are 14.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.38% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mester earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.12% less than the national average, earning 328,370 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 74.26% more than the national average, earning R 414,108 per year; in United States they earn 7.16% more than the national average, earning $46,240 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.38% more than the national average, earning $57,822 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mester Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mester in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେର | emera | - |
| Mester in the Marathi language | ||
| तेर | tera | - |
| Mester in the Russian language | ||
| Местер | mester | - |
| Mester in the Arabic language | ||
| ميستير | mystyr | - |
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