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
Maassa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﺎﺳﻪ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maassa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Maassa is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Maassa reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequent first name in the world, held by 9 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Maassa is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent are found and West Region, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 20 percent are found and Mauritania, where 20 percent are found.
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
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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 Maassa
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