Massiff Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Massiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Massiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Massiff Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Massiff Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Massiff is held by more people in Chile than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Massiff.

How Common Is The Last Name Massiff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Massiff is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Massiff reside; 91 percent reside in South America and 82 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most frequent in Chile, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,957,386. In Chile Massiff is most numerous in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Chile this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and Spain, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Massiffe931/
Massif921,075/
Massifs861/
Massife861/
Mashiff860/
Masif83139/
Mashioff8039/
Messif77562/
Massiv7717/
Massib777/
Mashif775/
Massef775/
Masaif774/
Mausif774/
Masifh772/
Maasif772/
Maysif771/
Masife771/
Maciff771/
Moussaiff751/
Messaif71510/
Moussif71424/
Mashaif7159/
Motsiff7127/
Masheff7110/
Mossaif716/
Maysief715/
Massiev713/
Méssaif711/
Messeif711/
Mayshif711/
Moussaif673,388/
Mosif67145/
Masiv6745/
Masib6738/
Macif6725/
Masef6724/
Moiseiff678/
Moshioff677/
Mesif677/
Mazif675/
Masiw673/
Mahasief671/
Mosheiff671/
Maisiefe671/

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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 Massiff
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