Maoussa Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Maoussa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 109 | 1:190,542 | 19,833 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Mãoussa (2) & Mâoussa (1) are calculated separately.
Maoussa (228) may also be a first name.
Maoussa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maoussa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maoussa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Mãoussa or Mâoussa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maoussa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,511,557th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name Maoussa is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Maoussa are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 594,918th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 228 people.
The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 190,542. In Cameroon Maoussa is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 97 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live and North Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Cameroon Maoussa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 12 percent live and Yemen, where 8 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
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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 Maoussa
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