Massira Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Massira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 151 | 1:27,118 | 2,285 |
| Ivory Coast | 84 | 1:274,658 | 10,624 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Massira (3,126) may also be a first name.
Massira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻩ, Marathi: मासीरा) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,035,555th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Massira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Massira live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 128,804th most numerous given name on earth, held by 3,126 people.
The last name Massira is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 27,118. In Mauritania Massira is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 23 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 18 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania Massira exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent reside and Morocco, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Massira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Massira in the Marathi language | ||
| मासीरा | masira | - |
| Massira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻩ | masyrh | 43.75 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮ | masyr | 26.56 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻯ | masyry | 12.5 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﺍ | masyra | 12.5 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﺮﺍ | masra | 3.13 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻱ | masyry | 1.56 |
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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 Massira
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