Merssa Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Merssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Merssa (45) may also be a first name.
Merssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Merssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Merssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺻﺎ) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Merssa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Merssa is the 2,944,094th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Merssa are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Merssa is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 45 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Outside of Ethiopia Merssa exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 14 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
Merssa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Merssa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Merssa surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Merssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Merssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺻﺎ | mrsa | - |
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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 Merssa
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