Messaba Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Messaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Messaba (77) may also be a first name.
Messaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Messaba occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Messaba.
How Common Is The Last Name Messaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Messaba live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa. Messaba is also the 1,100,117th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 77 people.
The last name Messaba is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon Messaba is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 70 percent are found, East Region, where 28 percent are found and North Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Messaba exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 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 Messaba
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