Massaf Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Massaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 284 | 1:16,017 | 2,776 |
| Jordan | 134 | 1:65,988 | 5,788 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Massaf (763) may also be a first name.
Massaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massaf is held by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 692,305th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name Massaf occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Massaf live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant. It is also the 297,279th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 763 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Palestine, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 16,017. In Palestine it is primarily concentrated in: Hebron Governorate, where 75 percent reside, Salfit Governorate, where 13 percent reside and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 11 percent reside. Barring Palestine it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 31 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Massaf
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