Meissara Surname
Approximately 2,450 people bear this surname
Meissara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2,445 | 1:1,675 | 213 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Meïssara (10) are calculated separately.
Meissara (511) may also be a first name.
Meissara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meissara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meissara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭﻩ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Meïssara. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meissara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 174,975th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,974,509 people. Meissara occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meissara live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 374,142nd most frequently held first name globally It is held by 511 people.
It is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 2,445 people, or 1 in 1,675. In Mauritania Meissara is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 20 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 16 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meissara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meissara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭﻩ | mysarh | 42.23 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎﺭﻩ | mysarh | 24.13 |
| ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭ | mysar | 18.44 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎﺭ | mysar | 5.47 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎﺭﺓ | mysart | 2.57 |
| ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭﺓ | mysart | 1.79 |
| ﻣﻴﺼﺎﺭﺍ | mysara | 1.56 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎﺭﺍ | mysara | 0.34 |
| ﺃﻣﻌﻴﺘﻴﻚ | amytyk | 0.11 |
| ﻣﻴﻴﺼﺎﺭ | myysar | 0.11 |
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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 Meissara
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