Where Does The Last Name Mesaoud Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Mesaoud (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mesaoud? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,185,157^th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The last name Mesaoud occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mesaoud reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Mesaoud is also the 735,679^th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 156 people.

The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 21,439. In Mauritania Mesaoud is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 86 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 7 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent are found and Yemen, where 1 percent are found.