Massif Surname
Approximately 1,075 people bear this surname
Massif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 364 | 1:106,131 | 15,497 |
| France | 340 | 1:195,361 | 30,392 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Palestine | 60 | 1:75,814 | 6,193 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Massif (187) may also be a first name.
Massif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Massif is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massif? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 341,576th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,779,112 people. The last name Massif occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Massif live; 56 percent live in North Africa and 56 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 665,130th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 187 people.
It is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is carried by 364 people, or 1 in 106,131. In Algeria Massif is most numerous in: Tissemsilt Province, where 99 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Algeria it occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in France, where 32 percent live and Morocco, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massiff | 92 | 11 | / |
| Massifs | 92 | 1 | / |
| Massife | 92 | 1 | / |
| Masif | 91 | 139 | / |
| Massiffe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Messif | 83 | 562 | / |
| Massiv | 83 | 17 | / |
| Massib | 83 | 7 | / |
| Massef | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mashif | 83 | 5 | / |
| Masaif | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mausif | 83 | 4 | / |
| Masifh | 83 | 2 | / |
| Maasif | 83 | 2 | / |
| Maysif | 83 | 1 | / |
| Masife | 83 | 1 | / |
| Messaif | 77 | 510 | / |
| Moussif | 77 | 424 | / |
| Mashaif | 77 | 59 | / |
| Mossaif | 77 | 6 | / |
| Maysief | 77 | 5 | / |
| Massiev | 77 | 3 | / |
| Méssaif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Messeif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mayshif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mashiff | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mosif | 73 | 145 | / |
| Masiv | 73 | 45 | / |
| Masib | 73 | 38 | / |
| Macif | 73 | 25 | / |
| Masef | 73 | 24 | / |
| Mesif | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mazif | 73 | 5 | / |
| Masiw | 73 | 3 | / |
| Moussaif | 71 | 3,388 | / |
| Mashioff | 71 | 39 | / |
| Mahasief | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maisiefe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masiev | 67 | 97 | / |
| Mosife | 67 | 70 | / |
| Mashib | 67 | 38 | / |
| Machif | 67 | 22 | / |
| Maseef | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mosaif | 67 | 11 | / |
| Maisib | 67 | 10 | / |
| Moysif | 67 | 7 | / |
| Masaib | 67 | 6 | / |
| Maasib | 67 | 6 | / |
| Masiph | 67 | 5 | / |
| Matsiv | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mashiv | 67 | 4 | / |
| Masseb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Moussaaif | 67 | 4 | / |
| Masihb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mousif | 67 | 3 | / |
| Masefe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Massew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Messiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madsef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masiew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maisef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mashiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masuib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masibh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Masivh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Massev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moisif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moshif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moussaiff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mossef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mesaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Macife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maciff | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Massif
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