Messamba Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Messamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 217 | 1:95,710 | 11,410 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
Messamba (171) may also be a first name.
Messamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messamba occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Messamba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messamba? popularity and diffusion
Messamba is the 1,098,270th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. Messamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Messamba live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Messamba is also the 698,971st most common first name internationally, held by 171 people.
The last name Messamba is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 95,710. In Cameroon Messamba is primarily found in: East Region, where 79 percent live, Centre Region, where 12 percent live and Littoral Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Messamba
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