Maissa Surname
Approximately 1,457 people bear this surname
Maissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 404 | 1:4,676 | 852 |
| France | 286 | 1:232,247 | 36,019 |
| Mauritania | 194 | 1:21,108 | 1,888 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Algeria | 157 | 1:246,061 | 26,603 |
| Niger | 117 | 1:164,034 | 5,913 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Maïssa (566) are calculated separately.
Maissa (14,758) may also be a first name.
Maissa Demographics
Average Maissa Salary in
United States
$24,475 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Maissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺲ) is held by more people in Gabon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Maïssa. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 267,955th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,001,747 people. The surname Maissa occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Maissa are found; 28 percent are found in Central Africa and 28 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Maissa is also the 46,911th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 14,758 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Gabon, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 4,676. Without taking into account Gabon it occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent live and Mauritania, where 13 percent live.
Maissa Last Name Statistics demography
Maissa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 43.28% less than the national average, earning $24,475 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 39.08 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﻪ | amysh | 36.78 |
| ﻣﻴﺲ | mys | 8.05 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 4.6 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺴﻪ | amysh | 3.45 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﻰ | amysy | 2.3 |
| ﻣﺎﻳﺼﺎ | maysa | 1.15 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﻲ | mysy | 1.15 |
| ﻣﺎﻳﺴﺎ | maysa | 1.15 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﻰ | mysy | 1.15 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﻪ | mysh | 1.15 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maissa
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