Maissatou Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Maissatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maissatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Maissatou (47) may also be a first name.

Maissatou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maissatou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Maissatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺴﺎﺗﻮ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Maissatou.

How Common Is The Last Name Maissatou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Maissatou is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maissatou reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 47 people.

The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 60 percent live and Far North Region, where 40 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live and Mauritania, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Maissatou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maissatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻴﺴﺎﺗﻮamysatw-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Maissatou
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