Massigue Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Massigue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Massigue (23) may also be a first name.
Massigue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massigue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Massigue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺳﻴﻚ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Massigue.
How Common Is The Last Name Massigue? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Massigue is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Massigue are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Massigue is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 90 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 10 percent are found. Barring Mauritania Massigue occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Massigue Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Massigue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﻚ | masyk | 66.67 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﻖ | masyq | 33.33 |
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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 Massigue
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