Messa Surname
Approximately 12,755 people bear this surname
Messa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2,275 | 1:26,882 | 4,801 |
| Brazil | 2,177 | 1:98,335 | 3,702 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Cameroon | 1,295 | 1:16,038 | 2,186 |
| Gabon | 859 | 1:2,199 | 375 |
| United States | 787 | 1:460,558 | 39,303 |
| Argentina | 483 | 1:88,496 | 7,454 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Colombia | 386 | 1:123,767 | 3,997 |
| Algeria | 374 | 1:103,293 | 15,213 |
| Mauritania | 336 | 1:12,187 | 1,195 |
| Tanzania | 188 | 1:281,604 | 22,057 |
| Indonesia | 181 | 1:730,659 | 56,271 |
| India | 168 | 1:4,565,865 | 118,158 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Ivory Coast | 155 | 1:148,847 | 6,971 |
| France | 155 | 1:428,534 | 62,172 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Uruguay | 96 | 1:35,747 | 4,143 |
| Spain | 88 | 1:531,273 | 26,094 |
| Peru | 86 | 1:369,583 | 12,369 |
| Mexico | 78 | 1:1,591,362 | 16,746 |
| Greece | 52 | 1:213,073 | 33,423 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Ecuador | 24 | 1:662,744 | 12,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 1:1,046,223 | 61,047 |
The alternate forms: Méssa (1) & Mešša (9) are calculated separately.
Messa (7,404) may also be a first name.
Messa Demographics
Average Messa Salary in
United States
$46,052 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Messa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻪ, Hindi: मेस्सा, Russian: Месса) occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Méssa or Mešša. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Messa is the 41,001st most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 571,348 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Messa are found; 26 percent are found in South America and 18 percent are found in Italic Europe. Messa is also the 74,787th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 7,404 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Italy, where it is held by 2,275 people, or 1 in 26,882. In Italy it is mostly found in: Lombardy, where 46 percent reside, Piedmont, where 28 percent reside and Apulia, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Italy this last name is found in 79 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 11 percent reside.
Messa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Messa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Messa surname rose 1,640 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 236 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Messa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Messa last name are 9.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.9% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Messa earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 8.58% more than the national average, earning €32,606 per year; in Norway they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning 315,704 kr per year; in Peru they earn 13.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,956 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.66% more than the national average, earning $22,853,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.73% more than the national average, earning $46,052 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.68% more than the national average, earning $55,486 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messa in the Hindi language | ||
| मेस्सा | mes'sa | - |
| Messa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻪ | msh | 65.52 |
| ﻣﺲ | ms | 28.45 |
| Messa in the Russian language | ||
| Месса | messa | - |
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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 Messa
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