Messem Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Messem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Méssem (5) are calculated separately.
Messem (296) may also be a first name.
Messem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Messem (Russian: Мессем) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Méssem. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,369,340th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Messem occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Messem reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Messem is also the 512,632nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 296 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 161,001. In Cameroon Messem is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 71 percent are found, North Region, where 28 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Messem occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
Messem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Messem has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Messem surname expanded 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messem in the Russian language | ||
| Мессем | messem | - |
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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 Messem
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