Messan Surname
Approximately 17,033 people bear this surname
Messan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 13,230 | 1:548 | 27 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,303 | 1:17,706 | 1,365 |
| Benin | 946 | 1:10,926 | 1,506 |
| Gabon | 606 | 1:3,117 | 542 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Liberia | 214 | 1:20,601 | 2,074 |
| France | 117 | 1:567,716 | 76,560 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Honduras | 17 | 1:518,614 | 3,437 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Messan (19,073) may also be a first name.
Messan Demographics
Average Messan Salary in
United States
$44,988 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Messan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Messan (Marathi: सान) has its highest incidence in Togo. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,355th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 427,849 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Messan are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Messan is also the 39,174th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 19,073 people.
The last name is most frequent in Togo, where it is carried by 13,230 people, or 1 in 548. Outside of Togo it occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
Messan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Messan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Messan surname increased 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 440 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Messan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Messan surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.
The amount Messan earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.26% more than the national average, earning $44,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.16% less than the national average, earning $39,170 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messan in the Marathi language | ||
| सान | sana | - |
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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 Messan
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