Messambe Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Messambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast151:1,538,08231,691
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Messambe (328) may also be a first name.

Messambe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Messambe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Messambe is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Messambe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Messambe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Messambe live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Mande Africa. Messambe is also the 484,112th most frequently occurring given name globally It is held by 328 people.

The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,538,082. In The Ivory Coast Messambe is most frequent in: Woroba District, where 73 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 20 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 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
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  • 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 Messambe
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