Mewissen Surname
Approximately 393 people bear this surname
Mewissen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 281 | 1:40,913 | 6,698 |
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Méwissen (3) are calculated separately.
Mewissen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mewissen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mewissen is found most in Belgium. It may also be rendered as a variant: Méwissen. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mewissen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 735,823rd most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. Mewissen is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Mewissen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 40,913. In Belgium Mewissen is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 60 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 38 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Belgium this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Méwissen | 96 | 3 | / |
| Meuwissen | 94 | 2,363 | / |
| Meewissen | 94 | 11 | / |
| Mewwissen | 94 | 1 | / |
| Meuwisssen | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mevissen | 88 | 1,920 | / |
| Miwissen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Meuwisen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Meevissen | 82 | 120 | / |
| Meuwessen | 82 | 13 | / |
| Mewißen | 80 | 63 | / |
| Mewisan | 80 | 50 | / |
| Mewesen | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mevisen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Meuwesen | 75 | 65 | / |
| Mevihsen | 75 | 3 | / |
| Meuwißen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meweun | 71 | 3 | / |
| Meiven | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mewain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mewene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mevißen | 67 | 280 | / |
| Mevesen | 67 | 18 | / |
| Meswain | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mewezon | 67 | 10 | / |
| Miswene | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meewean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Misweyn | 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 Mewissen
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