El Missawi Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Missawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Missawi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

El Missawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Missawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Missawi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺴﺎﻭﻱ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El Missawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname El Missawi is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. El Missawi occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of El Missawi live; 33 percent live in North Africa and 33 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 4,094,863. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 33 percent reside and Sweden, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Missawy901/
El Musawi84305/
El Messabi804/
El Messaabi764/
El-Musawi744/
El Mizabi741/
El Maissoubi731/
El-Mussavi701/
El Meshawy701/
El-Mizabi631/

El Missawi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Missawi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺴﺎﻭﻱalmysawy-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Missawi
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