Maissamari Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Maissamari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 388 | 1:49,464 | 2,487 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
The alternate forms: Maïssamari (6) are calculated separately.
Maissamari (13) may also be a first name.
Maissamari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maissamari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maissamari is found most frequently in Niger. It can appear as a variant: Maïssamari. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maissamari? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 722,496th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. Maissamari is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maissamari reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Maissamari is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname Maissamari is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 388 people, or 1 in 49,464. In Niger Maissamari is primarily concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 55 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 18 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 16 percent live. Barring Niger this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent live.
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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 Maissamari
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