Family name Meester (Mester 
, Magister 
, ميستر 
) , across the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Meester is characteristic of Hungary, where it is quite a common surname, Romania, and Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Hungary, Germany, and Romania. Likewise, Meester is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Mester | Germany, Egypt, Morocco, Hungary, Romania |
| Magister | Germany, Austria, France, United States, Hungary |
| ميستر | Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco |
| Meester | Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Morocco, United States |
| meester van het sterfbed van maria Dutch painter, NL (b. 1401) |
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| meester van sankt laurenz (b. 1400) |
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| meester van het osservanza altaar Italian painter and illuminator (b. 1410) |
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| meester van koudewater Dutch sculptor (b. 1450) |
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| meester van de borghese tondo Italian artist, active 15th century (b. 1450) |
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meester van de inzameling van het manna Early Netherlandish painter (b. 1500) |
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| meester van kaufbeuren (b. 1450) |
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| meester van het altaar van halepagen Duits; schilder; beeldhouwer, DE (b. 1460) |
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| meester van de aanbidding te lille Early Netherlandish painter, NL (b. 1490) |
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| meester van de verheerlijking van maria German painter, DE (b. 1500) |
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| meester van het leven van maria pseudonym given to a late Gothic German painter working in Cologne, DE (b. 1500) |
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| meester van de abdij van dilleghem Flemish painter named after a triptych in the Dielegem Abbey (b. 1500) |
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| willem meester Dutch scientific instrument maker, NL (b. 1643) |
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| meester joost floriszoon (b. 1700) |
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| pieter de meester, heer van ravenstein 9 May 1724 Mechelen - 25 Nov 1784 (b. 1724) |
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