Massah Surname
Approximately 4,276 people bear this surname
Massah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,577 | 1:13,170 | 1,797 |
| Liberia | 1,145 | 1:3,850 | 493 |
| Malawi | 601 | 1:28,484 | 4,289 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Nigeria | 185 | 1:957,528 | 40,908 |
| United States | 52 | 1:6,970,364 | 322,914 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Massah (5,452) may also be a first name.
Massah Demographics
Average Massah Salary in
United States
$47,838 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Massah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massah (Marathi: साह) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 108,824th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,704,290 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Massah reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Massah is also the 91,037th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 5,452 people.
The surname Massah is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,577 people, or 1 in 13,170. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 47 percent live, North Region, where 30 percent live and West Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 41 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 27 percent live and Malawi, where 14 percent live.
Massah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Massah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Massah last name rose 5,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Massah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Massah last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Massah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.87% more than the national average, earning $47,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.69% more than the national average, earning $57,478 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Massah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Massah in the Marathi language | ||
| साह | saha | 83.33 |
| मसाह | masaha | 16.67 |
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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 Massah
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