Més Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Més Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Més Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Mes (4,813), Mès (10), Mês (3) & Meš (17) are calculated separately.

Més Last Name Facts

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

The surname Més is more frequently found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Mes, Mès, Mês or Meš. For other potential spellings of Més click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Més? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Més reside; 75 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 75 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

Més is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,376,018. In Spain it is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 50 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 50 percent reside. Not including Spain this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Andorra, where 25 percent reside and Brazil, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mes894,813/
Mès8910/
Mês893/
Mész8620/
Mést861/
Meš7817/
Mésző7516/
Mis6717,396/
Mys675,830/
Méh6799/
Mjs6747/
Mäs6736/
Méa6713/
Mée679/
Méx675/
Mís673/
Méi671/
Mép671/
Méz671/
Mér671/

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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 Més
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