The Mestas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,375 people carried this name — #12,935 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 123,500 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,166 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Mestas.
Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
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
Mestas in American newspapers,
1904–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,181 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mestas.
- Messerli 377 · U.S. census
- Messier 4,413 · U.S. census
- Messina 12,717 · U.S. census
- Messmer 2,933 · U.S. census
- Messner 5,039 · U.S. census
- Mest 415 · U.S. census
- Mestayer 289 · U.S. census
- Mestdagh 101 · U.S. census
- Meston 295 · U.S. census
- Mestre 1,187 · U.S. census
- Mestres 162 · U.S. census
- Meszaros 1,808 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mestas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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