Mees is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mees
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn including Moselle, it is in principle a hypocoristic Barthelemy. However Meis variant, met once in Saarland, can also think of the chickadee (German Meise), any nickname of a singer. Another possibility for Meis: hypocoristic Remi (Remigius Latin).

How popular is Mees?

Mees is common in United States.

Mees is ranked 44146 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mees bearers increased by 2.783505 per cent in 2010 US census to 997 since 2000, the surname slipped by 710 spots and ranked at 24934. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.18 96.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.71 1.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.4 0.72
Others 0.9 0
Mees is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Belgium which signifies that it is originated from Belgium. Around 10946 people have been found who wears Mees as their family name. Mees is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
1,014,159 India4
108,034 Italy3
41,879 Turkey2
5,300 Syria2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
1,169 New Caledonia2
993 Guernsey2
54,135 Philippines2
28,083 Romania2
26,123 Malaysia2
2,190 Barbados1
2,715 Gabon1
24,176 Qatar1
25,746 Finland1
49,101 Denmark1
30,360 Thailand1
37,493 Austria1
49,529 Israel1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
4,942 Libya1
8,268 Mauritius1
492,292 Ukraine1
17,768 Pakistan1
5,924 Paraguay1
36,678 Singapore1
16,283 Lithuania1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
12,692 Scotland33
63,662 Spain26
3,830 Luxembourg20
28,338 Norway20
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,500 Tanzania85
100,362 Indonesia79
66,582 Argentina60
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Mees:
3,448 Netherlands744
16,723 England333
42,934 France233
786 Estonia230
27,867 South Africa201
14,629 Australia184
28,123 Canada121
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Mees:
405 Belgium2,658
4,166 Germany2,152
6,479 Brazil2,146
23,015 United States1,357
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 42 years old sewer Mary Mees who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on November 20, 1847 by Jane Glassin put out from Liverpool. Phebe Mees (14) Sewer, 9 years old Susanna Mees, Born at sea Emma Mees, Born at sea Thomas Mees, Ann Mees, aged 20, are other Mees that migrated to US.

Comments

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Janeth Schrupp
Mees is a Flemish name, mean mesange, nickname denoting a gracious person and loving to sing.

Mees Namesakes

  • Alex De Meester, Actor
  • Edwin Meese, Attorney at law
  • Constance Meester, Writer
  • Dougal Meese, Film producer
  • Edwin Meese, Attorney at law
  • Jonathan Meese, Painter
  • Leighton Meester, Actress
  • Lex Meester, Actor
  • Ludger Mees, Historian
  • John Meesen, Australian Rules Football Player

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