The Mesa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,566 people carried this name — #2,656 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,700 people counted. That is up 20% from 11,341 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 7,593 people named Mesa live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
115 people named Mesa live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Mesa.
Most of them — 47 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Mesa in American newspapers,
1914–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Mesa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Enriqueta Mesa d. 2000 · actor -
Alberto Edwin Mesa Viana d. 2024 · waste picker
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Alberto Edwin Mesa Viana d. 2004 · waste picker
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Juan Bautista de Mesa 1547–1620 · poet
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José de Mesa Cortés 1615–1699 · military personnel
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Alonso de Mesa 1628–1668 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mesa.
- Mertens 4,375 · U.S. census
- Mertes 1,728 · U.S. census
- Mertz 7,841 · U.S. census
- Merville 108 · U.S. census
- Mery 376 · U.S. census
- Merz 4,321 · U.S. census
- Mesbah 133 · U.S. census
- Meschi 153 · U.S. census
- Mesmer 701 · U.S. census
- Mesnard 314 · U.S. census
- Mesquita 954 · U.S. census
- Messana 497 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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