Maassa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Maassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maassa (9) may also be a first name.
Maassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺎﺳﻪ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Maassa.
How Common Is The Last Name Maassa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maassa is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Maassa reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Maassa is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 9 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Maassa is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside and West Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 20 percent reside and Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maassa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maassa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﺎﺳﻪ | mash | 50 |
| ﻣﺎﺹ | mas | 50 |
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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 Maassa
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