Massire Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Massire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 177 | 1:23,135 | 2,036 |
| France | 137 | 1:484,837 | 68,361 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
The alternate forms: Massiré (62) are calculated separately.
Massire (1,104) may also be a first name.
Massire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Massire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Massire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can appear as: Massiré. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Massire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 849,693rd most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. Massire occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Massire reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 240,121st most widely held first name worldwide, held by 1,104 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 23,135. In Mauritania Massire is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 25 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 24 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 15 percent are found. Beside Mauritania Massire is found in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 43 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Massire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Massire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮ | masyr | 36.89 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻯ | masyry | 29.51 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻩ | masyrh | 22.13 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻱ | masyry | 7.38 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﺍ | masyra | 4.1 |
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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 Massire
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