Mystery Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Mystery Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mystery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan191:1,692,27313,110
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Mystery (304) may also be a first name.

Mystery Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mystery (Arabic: بسّر) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mystery click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mystery? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Mystery occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Mystery live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 504,994th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 304 people.

The last name Mystery is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,692,273. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Nangarhar, where 37 percent are found, Badghis, where 11 percent are found and Kabul, where 11 percent are found. Barring Afghanistan this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 22 percent are found and Israel, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mistery86127/
Mestery8652/
Mystere8640/
Mystera861/
Mythery861/
Mysterio80230/
Mysterie8010/
Mistiery802/
Mysthere801/
Maistery801/
Misteriy801/
Metery7772/
Mitery772/
Misteri71202/
Mistera71200/
Mesteri71131/
Mettery71106/
Mestere7164/
Mistiry7164/
Mistere7163/
Meteyry7147/
Meteray7138/
Methery7118/
Mestera716/
Maytere715/
Mistyry713/
Myoteri712/
Mestyry711/
Meterey711/
Misterio67776/
Mestieri67455/
Mesterio67253/
Mistieri67250/
Meistere67141/
Mistiere6710/
Mytyrych678/
Mestiere676/
Maythera675/
Messteri675/
Metheray673/
Misterer672/
Meathery672/
Maisteri672/
Metherey671/
Mesteiri671/
Mestrehy671/
Misterre671/
Metterey671/
Meesterè671/
Mystério671/

Mystery Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mystery in the Arabic language
بسّرbsr-
بسرbsr-

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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 Mystery
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