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
Messaba is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Messaba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Messaba is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Messaba are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 77 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon Messaba is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 70 percent live, East Region, where 28 percent live and North Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
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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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