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
The surname Meesay is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meesay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 552,857th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,630,062 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Meesay live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 564 people, or 1 in 93,868. In Tanzania Meesay is most common in: Manyara Region, where 98 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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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