Meissar Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Meissar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 33 | 1:124,087 | 7,273 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meissar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meissar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meissar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meissar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Meissar occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Meissar reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Meissar is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 124,087. In Mauritania it is most common in: Tagant Region, where 39 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 30 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meissar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meissar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭ | mysar | 47.83 |
| ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭﻩ | mysarh | 30.43 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎﺭ | mysar | 13.04 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎﺭﻩ | mysarh | 8.7 |
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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 Meissar
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