Mesela Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Mesela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| Lesotho | 70 | 1:29,037 | 5,566 |
| Turkey | 54 | 1:1,441,137 | 57,155 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mesela (52) may also be a first name.
Mesela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mesela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mesela is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mesela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mesela is the 993,593rd most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Mesela reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mesela is also the 1,381,723rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 52 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 485,703. In Tanzania Mesela is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Mesela is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 27 percent reside and Turkey, where 21 percent reside.
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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 Mesela
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