Meesay Surname
Approximately 577 people bear this surname
Meesay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 564 | 1:93,868 | 9,360 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
Meesay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meesay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meesay occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meesay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meesay is the 552,857th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 12,630,062 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Meesay reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 93,868. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 98 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Meesay
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