Mexican Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Mexican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mexican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Mexican (60) may also be a first name.

Mexican Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mexican Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mexican occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mexican? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,020,555th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Mexican are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name on earth, held by 60 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 5,663,421. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, Utah, where 13 percent are found and South Dakota, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Mexican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mexican has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mexican last name grew 582 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mexican Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mexican last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Mexican earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.23% less than the national average, earning $21,476 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mesican861/
Maxican861/
Mexicon860/
Mezican860/
Mesecan7130/
Misican715/
Măcican711/
Messecan672/
Mezikhan671/
Meshikan671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mexican
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