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The MESA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 11,341 2915 0.004 42
United States (1880 census) 120 27841 0 2
Change since 1880 +11221 +24926 +N/A +40
Other Countries
Australia 31 37152 0 2
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MESA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 3,434 662 0.021 215
California 2,577 1484 0.008 76
Texas 1,146 2385 0.005 55
Arizona 586 1207 0.011 114
New York 451 4985 0.002 24
Top States for MESA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 3,434 662 0.021 215
Arizona 586 1207 0.011 114
Nevada 155 1773 0.008 78
California 2,577 1484 0.008 76
Wyoming 35 2124 0.007 71

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MESA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MESA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MESA in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MESA by picking someone at random in Florida than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MESA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MESA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MESA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MESA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 323 2.85
Native American/Alaskan 87 0.77
Mixed Race 85 0.75
Black/African American 62 0.55
White (Hispanic) 9,501 83.78
White (Caucasian) 1,283 11.31

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MESA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MESA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MESA.

Similar names to MESA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MESA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MESA

The following words are slight variants of MESA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.