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
Messem (Russian: Мессем) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant: Méssem. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,369,340th most commonly held surname in the world. It is 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. It is also the 512,632nd most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 296 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 161,001. In Cameroon Messem is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 71 percent live, North Region, where 28 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Messem occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.
Messem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Messem has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Messem surname grew 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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