van der Mescht Surname

150,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,933 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van der Mescht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van der Mescht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,8601:18,9432,395
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
England201:2,785,90397,972
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

van der Mescht Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Mescht Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van der Mescht occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Mescht? popularity and diffusion

It is the 150,391st most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,484,673 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of van der Mescht reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 2,860 people, or 1 in 18,943. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 27 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Western Cape, where 17 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

van der Mescht Last Name Statistics demography

van der Mescht earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.35% more than the national average, earning R 359,664 per year.

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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 van der Mescht
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