Messavi Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Messavi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Messavi (11) may also be a first name.
Messavi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messavi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messavi is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messavi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Messavi reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Messavi is also the 3,487,849th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 2,067,120. In Benin it is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 20 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 20 percent are found and Mono Department, where 20 percent are found. Barring Benin Messavi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 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
- 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 Messavi
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