Mähs Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Mähs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mähs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Switzerland101:821,29253,588

Mähs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mähs is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mähs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mähs reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Mähs is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany Mähs is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 84 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 6 percent are found. Not including Germany Mähs occurs in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 24 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mäs8636/
Mehs75179/
Möhs7547/
Mäth7543/
Mäss7519/
Mihs757/
Mhes753/
Mähe752/
Mhys752/
Mhjs751/
Mhais67399/
Mhise67300/
Mhesr67163/
Mahys6793/
Miehs6788/
Mehys6771/
Maehs6757/
Meihs6743/
Maihs6739/
6730/
Mäsch6724/
Moehs6724/
Mehts6720/
Mhesh6717/
Mächt6716/
Mhosh679/
Mhese678/
Meshs675/
Mehsh674/
Meths673/
Mhish673/
Mmhis673/
Mihsh672/
Möhse672/
Mehhs672/
Meehs672/
Mheds671/
Mihss671/
Mmhes671/
Myhxs671/
Mijhs671/
Mezhs671/
Mhess671/
Mhees671/
Mayhs670/

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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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  • 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 Mähs
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