Mission Surname
Approximately 16,223 people bear this surname
Mission Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 11,352 | 1:8,918 | 822 |
| Malawi | 1,438 | 1:11,905 | 1,842 |
| Bangladesh | 901 | 1:176,867 | 6,245 |
| Nigeria | 859 | 1:206,220 | 12,296 |
| Papua New Guinea | 806 | 1:10,116 | 848 |
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| India | 110 | 1:6,973,322 | 154,831 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Israel | 50 | 1:171,153 | 17,369 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Afghanistan | 33 | 1:974,339 | 9,366 |
| Burkina Faso | 33 | 1:556,124 | 7,330 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Jamaica | 17 | 1:168,820 | 5,436 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 1:10,364 | 1,309 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Mission (3,407) may also be a first name.
Mission Demographics
Average Mission Salary in
United States
$65,479 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mission Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mission Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mission (Bengali: মিশন, Oriya: ମିଶନ) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mission? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,771st most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 449,211 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Mission live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Mission is also the 121,983rd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 3,407 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 11,352 people, or 1 in 8,918. In The Philippines Mission is most frequent in: Western Visayas, where 25 percent live, Calabarzon, where 12 percent live and Central Visayas, where 11 percent live. Not including The Philippines this surname exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Bangladesh, where 6 percent live.
Mission Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mission has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mission Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (59%) in Nigeria.
The amount Mission earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.83% more than the national average, earning R 318,036 per year; in United States they earn 51.75% more than the national average, earning $65,479 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.33% more than the national average, earning $52,332 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mission Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mission in the Bengali language | ||
| মিশন | misana | - |
| Mission in the Oriya language | ||
| ମିଶନ | misana | - |
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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 Mission
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