Massem Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Massem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 110 | 1:351,196 | 31,810 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Belgium | 54 | 1:212,901 | 27,429 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Massem (12) may also be a first name.
Massem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺻﻢ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 796,486th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Massem reside; 32 percent reside in North Africa and 31 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 3,306,491st most common first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname Massem is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 351,196. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 99 percent reside and Tlemcen Province, where 1 percent reside. Besides Algeria Massem occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Belgium, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Massem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Massem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺻﻢ | masm | - |
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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 Massem
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