Miste Surname
Approximately 1,716 people bear this surname
Miste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,605 | 1:12,940 | 1,760 |
| Italy | 51 | 1:1,199,151 | 74,752 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Mistè (8) & Misté (1) are calculated separately.
Miste (2,090) may also be a first name.
Miste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Miste Come From? nationality or country of origin
Miste (Hindi: मिस्टी) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Mistè or Misté. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Miste? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 234,672nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,246,822 people. The surname Miste occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Miste live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Chadic Africa. Miste is also the 164,660th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 2,090 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,605 people, or 1 in 12,940. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 93 percent are found, Far North Region, where 4 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 3 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Miste Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Miste in the Hindi language | ||
| मिस्टी | misti | - |
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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 Miste
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