Miksta Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Miksta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Miksta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia421:48,8117,408
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

The alternate forms: Mikšta (78) are calculated separately.

Miksta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Miksta is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Mikšta. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Miksta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Miksta live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Miksta is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 48,811. In Latvia Miksta is mostly found in: Riga Planning Region, where 83 percent are found, Latgale, where 5 percent are found and Semigallia, where 5 percent are found. Other than Latvia this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Lithuania, where 6 percent are found.

Miksta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Miksta surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 88.89% registered with the party.

Miksta earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.14% more than the national average, earning $67,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mikšta9478/
Mikszta92107/
Mikshta92103/
Mikstas9295/
Mikstay9227/
Miksztai8638/
Miksztaj8615/
Mikstays8614/
Mikstais8614/
Mikshtas865/
Meikstat864/
Miksto839/
Mickstead800/
Mikszto77118/
Mikštas77104/
Mikshto7727/
Mykshta774/
Mikstis771/
Mikstajová751/
Mixta732/
Mykshtas719/
Misquzta712/
Mikšto6771/
Mixtay6718/
Meksto6717/
Mixtaj6713/
Mikštaitė676/
Mixtai671/
Mexstead574/
Mixto55502/
Mixte5531/
Mexta552/
Mixtajová5312/
Mixtajova532/
Meckstoth531/
Mixter50717/
Muxtay50405/
Mextas502/
Mixted500/

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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 Miksta
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