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Meister Surname

12,470th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 45,048 people bear this surname

Meister Surname Definition:

(German) One who was master of a trade; a learned person or teacher; an artist.

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Meister Surname Distribution Map

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Meister (342) may also be a first name.

Meister Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who was master of a trade; a learned person or teacher; an artist.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Master, someone who is an expert in something, skilled or prominent in an activity.

- madhim

Meister Demographics

Meister Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meister (Arabic: مايستر) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meister? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 12,470th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 161,773 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Meister live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. Meister is also the 472,030th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 342 people.

The last name Meister is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 21,505 people, or 1 in 3,744. In Germany Meister is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 20 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found and Hesse, where 14 percent are found. Beside Germany Meister is found in 84 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Switzerland, where 11 percent are found.

Meister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Meister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meister surname rose 934 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 253 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Meister Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Meister surname are 18.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.68% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Meister earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.44% less than the national average, earning 251,100 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 71.56% more than the national average, earning R 407,700 per year; in United States they earn 9.78% more than the national average, earning 47,370USDperyearandinCanadatheyearn8.8547,370 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.85% more than the national average, earning 47,370USDperyearandinCanadatheyearn8.8554,081 CAD per year.

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