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

Family Name / Last Name: Mesa
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name of Spanish origin. Means the person who lives in a place called (the) Mesa, name of many localities. Toponym meaning: Tea.

How popular is Mesa?

Mesa is common in United States.

Mesa is ranked 2664 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mesas grew by 19.61908 per cent to 13566 since 2000 and ranked 2656 after elevating 259 spots. The last name was found in around 46 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 83.72 83.78
White 10.31 11.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.35 2.85
Others 1.17 0.75
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.77
Black 0.71 0.55
Mesa is quite popular family name mostly used in Colombia while Guam is ahead in terms of density. Around 206093 people have been found who wears Mesa as their family name. Mesa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
46,707 New Zealand5
1,730 Democratic Republic of The Congo5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
14,193 Egypt3
4,881 Oman3
2,236 El Salvador3
147,165 Czech Republic2
11,224 Cameroon2
5,298 Botswana2
4,367 Afghanistan2
20,595 China2
19,093 Finland2
14,004 Hungary2
3,014 Taiwan2
28,232 Morocco2
1,572 Macau1
537 Liechtenstein1
29,046 Japan1
19,810 Croatia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
11,486 Estonia1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,847 Albania1
24,460 Armenia1
49,101 Denmark1
746 Dominica1
6,149 Ethiopia1
18,969 Wales1
50,549 Georgia1
14,618 Guyana1
5,467 Haiti1
7,198 Maldives1
7,790 Zambia1
573 Vanuatu1
3,586 Honduras1
37,779 Serbia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
21,712 Sweden44
7,175 Singapore41
17,488 Norway39
13,286 Moldova37
9,692 Ireland27
190 Turks and Caicos Islands18
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
6,029 Portugal74
22,440 Belgium74
142,739 Russia72
32,530 Netherlands71
3,257 Hong Kong71
1,517 Costa Rica67
141 Northern Mariana Islands59
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Mesa:
31 Guam497
20,679 Italy493
20,365 France478
1,488 Paraguay397
5,286 Zimbabwe369
16,496 England339
2,254 Bosnia318
18,911 Turkey314
1,231 Panama310
3,418 Guatemala308
2,659 Bolivia292
13,212 Canada288
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
1,070 Puerto Rico258
18,581 Tanzania231
1,093 Nicaragua225
11,447 Malaysia152
15,938 Greece123
21,878 Australia113
43,624 South Africa110
10,773 Switzerland108
12,545 Austria105
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Mesa:
229 Dominican Republic7,535
628 Venezuela6,447
1,818 Mexico5,444
831 Argentina5,390
939 Mozambique3,783
658 Cambodia3,322
235 Papua New Guinea2,989
787 Chile2,779
155 Uruguay1,992
7,942 Brazil1,749
3,322 Kenya1,726
1,267 Ecuador1,704
25,121 India1,541
2,384 Peru1,525
8,853 Indonesia1,461
1,342 Angola1,401
9,745 Germany1,009
Countries with ten thousands of Mesa:
132 Colombia72,741
191 Spain26,996
67 Cuba18,308
577 Philippines15,725
3,013 United States13,370
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Ang.Ma. Mesa was 28 years old when she migrated to New York on May 27, 1887. She lived in Italy where she worked as laborer and took Neustria from Naples. 7 years old Angela Mesa, Servant Luigi Mesa, are others that migrated to US.

Mesa Namesakes

    Maikel Mesa, Spanish footballer
  • Diego Mesaglio, Actor
  • Alen Mešanovi?, Soccer player
  • Amalia Mesa-Bains, Author
  • Anamari Mesa, Actor
  • Arnaldo Mesa, Boxer
  • Arsenio Fernández de Mesa, Politician
  • Aymeric Mesa-Juan, Film director
  • Barthélémy Mésas, Soccer player
  • Víctor Mesa, Baseball Player
  • Carlos Mesa, Historian
  • Luis Bryan Mesa, from 2020 action, drama film Rafael[a], who portrayed N.
  • In 2013, Arturo De La Mesa characterized the role of Deacon in comedy film Role Play.

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