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
The surname Massire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also occur as: Massiré. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Massire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 849,693rd most commonly used family name on a global scale, held 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. Massire is also the 240,121st most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 1,104 people.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 23,135. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 25 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 24 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 43 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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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