Messiah Surname
Approximately 1,114 people bear this surname
Messiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 467 | 1:379,321 | 20,165 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| South Africa | 150 | 1:361,185 | 32,866 |
| Liberia | 86 | 1:51,262 | 4,572 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
| Afghanistan | 31 | 1:1,037,199 | 9,747 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Guyana | 15 | 1:50,815 | 4,586 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 1:113,665 | 7,200 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Grenada | 8 | 1:13,567 | 908 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Messiah (4,446) may also be a first name.
Messiah Demographics
Average Male Messiah Height
174.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Messiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messiah (Arabic: المسيح) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 332,050th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 6,541,783 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Messiah live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Messiah is also the 103,319th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 4,446 people.
Messiah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 467 people, or 1 in 379,321. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 37 percent live, Bayelsa, where 19 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Messiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Messiah has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Messiah surname increased 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Messiah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Messiah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 9.76% less than the national average, earning R 214,440 per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% less than the national average, earning $49,112 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messiah in the Arabic language | ||
| المسيح | almsyh | - |
| مسيه | msyh | - |
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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 Messiah
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