M'Said Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
M'Said Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 351 | 1:11,666 | 1,165 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: M'Saïd (1) are calculated separately.
M'Said Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Said Come From? nationality or country of origin
M'Said (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺴﻴﻌﻴﺪ) is found most in Mauritania. It can be found in the variant forms: M'Saïd. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Said? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 796,486th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Said live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 11,666. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Guidimagha Region, where 19 percent live, Assaba Region, where 18 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 17 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Said Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Said in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺴﻴﻌﻴﺪ | amsyyd | 82.98 |
| ﺃﻣﺴﻴﻌﻴﺪ | amsyyd | 7.45 |
| ﺍﻣﺴﻌﻴﺪ | amsyd | 6.38 |
| ﻣﺴﻴﻌﻴﺪ | msyyd | 2.13 |
| ﺍﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪ | amsad | 1.06 |
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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
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- 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 M'Said
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