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 surname Mesela is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mesela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 993,593rd most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Mesela are found; 46 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mesela is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 52 people.
Mesela is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 485,703. In Tanzania Mesela is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 27 percent are found and Turkey, where 21 percent are found.
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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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