Messala Surname
Approximately 945 people bear this surname
Messala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 810 | 1:47,693 | 8,305 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Finland | 26 | 1:211,412 | 17,592 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Messala (108) may also be a first name.
Messala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺼﺎﻟﻪ, Russian: Мессала) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 378,019th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,711,689 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Messala reside; 87 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Mahgreb. Messala is also the 904,892nd most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 108 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 810 people, or 1 in 47,693. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Batna Province, where 68 percent are found, Mila Province, where 20 percent are found and Mascara Province, where 12 percent are found. Barring Algeria this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Finland, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺼﺎﻟﻪ | msalh | 50 |
| ﻣﺼﺎﻟﺔ | msalt | 50 |
| Messala in the Russian language | ||
| Мессала | messala | - |
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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 Messala
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