Mossetter Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Mossetter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mossetter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Mossetter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mossetter is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mossetter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mossetter is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Mossetter reside; 86 percent reside in Australasia and 86 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,499,284. In Australia it is mostly found in: Queensland, where 67 percent reside and New South Wales, where 33 percent reside. Other than Australia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Mossetter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mossetter has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Mossetter
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