Messeke Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Messeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Messeke (23) may also be a first name.
Messeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Messeke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻜﻪ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Messeke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messeke? popularity and diffusion
Messeke is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Messeke are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Messeke is also the 2,239,265th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Messeke is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 82 percent live, Guidimagha Region, where 9 percent live and Trarza Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messeke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messeke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻜﻪ | mskh | 66.67 |
| ﻣﺴﻚ | msk | 33.33 |
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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 Messeke
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