Messaid Surname
Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname
Messaid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,149 | 1:33,622 | 6,130 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Messaid (39) may also be a first name.
Messaid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messaid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Messaid (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺴﻴﻌﻴﺪ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messaid? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 318,950th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Messaid live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 39 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,149 people, or 1 in 33,622. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 38 percent reside, Skikda Province, where 14 percent reside and El Oued Province, where 13 percent reside. Other than Algeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messaid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messaid in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺴﻴﻌﻴﺪ | amsyyd | - |
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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 Messaid
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