Massaye Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Massaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Massaye (142) may also be a first name.
Massaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Massaye is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. Massaye is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Massaye are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Massaye is also the 775,413th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 142 people.
Massaye is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 744,233. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 42 percent reside, Vallée du Bandama District, where 32 percent reside and Lacs District, where 6 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast Massaye exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 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
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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
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