Mewes Surname
Approximately 8,083 people bear this surname
Mewes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6,648 | 1:12,110 | 1,554 |
| United States | 641 | 1:565,459 | 46,482 |
| England | 339 | 1:164,360 | 15,274 |
| Brazil | 176 | 1:1,216,331 | 41,961 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Namibia | 13 | 1:185,339 | 9,730 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 130 | 1:187,503 | 15,253 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84 | 1:597,841 | 40,179 |
Mewes (41) may also be a first name.
Mewes Demographics
Mewes Political Affiliation
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Mewes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mewes has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 62,141st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 901,589 people. Mewes is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Mewes are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Mewes is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 41 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 6,648 people, or 1 in 12,110. In Germany it is most numerous in: Brandenburg, where 15 percent are found, Saxony-Anhalt, where 15 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Beside Germany Mewes is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Mewes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mewes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mewes last name rose 763 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 261 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mewes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Mewes last name are 1.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.52% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mewes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.65% less than the national average, earning 298,845 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.45% more than the national average, earning R 333,768 per year; in United States they earn 2.36% more than the national average, earning $44,166 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.07% more than the national average, earning $59,156 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meiwes | 91 | 570 | / |
| Moewes | 91 | 226 | / |
| Meewes | 91 | 214 | / |
| Mewies | 91 | 82 | / |
| Meuwes | 91 | 79 | / |
| Meywes | 91 | 45 | / |
| Miewes | 91 | 4 | / |
| Maewes | 91 | 2 | / |
| Mewess | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mewese | 91 | 1 | / |
| Meijwes | 83 | 35 | / |
| Mewetse | 83 | 17 | / |
| Mehwesh | 83 | 4 | / |
| Meiwess | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mewis | 80 | 1,056 | / |
| Meves | 80 | 703 | / |
| Möwes | 80 | 361 | / |
| Mebes | 80 | 344 | / |
| Mowes | 80 | 125 | / |
| Mawes | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mewez | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meuwis | 73 | 478 | / |
| Meewis | 73 | 383 | / |
| Meives | 73 | 246 | / |
| Meeves | 73 | 228 | / |
| Mieves | 73 | 223 | / |
| Meevis | 73 | 189 | / |
| Moeves | 73 | 83 | / |
| Mewiss | 73 | 44 | / |
| Meibes | 73 | 39 | / |
| Meeues | 73 | 35 | / |
| Meabes | 73 | 25 | / |
| Moewis | 73 | 23 | / |
| Meaves | 73 | 18 | / |
| Mewish | 73 | 15 | / |
| Maeves | 73 | 12 | / |
| Mehues | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mhawes | 73 | 5 | / |
| Moeues | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mawesh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Maiwes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mevies | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mehwis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhowes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mebees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Movees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mowies | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meybes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mehbes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Miwest | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mawess | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meiwez | 73 | 0 | / |
| Mewouetse | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mehwish | 67 | 872 | / |
| Mhawesh | 67 | 31 | / |
| Meybesh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mahwesh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mehoues | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mehvesh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meweche | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mheibes | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mehebes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meewisz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miehues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maybees | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mewes
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