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
Messan (Marathi: सान) occurs in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messan? popularity and diffusion
Messan is the 31,355th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 427,849 people. The surname Messan 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 widespread forename world-wide, borne by 19,073 people.
The surname Messan is most widespread in Togo, where it is held by 13,230 people, or 1 in 548. Without taking into account Togo it occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.
Messan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Messan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name 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 Republicans than The US 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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