Massallay Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Massallay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 174 | 1:25,336 | 2,474 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Massallay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massallay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massallay occurs most in Liberia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Massallay.
How Common Is The Last Name Massallay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Massallay are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 25,336. In Liberia Massallay is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 39 percent reside, Lofa County, where 32 percent reside and Margibi County, where 11 percent reside. Besides Liberia Massallay is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 5 percent reside and Guinea, where 2 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 Massallay
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