Messif Surname

563,577th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Messif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria5481:70,49611,451
France131:5,109,440259,941
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Messif Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Messif Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Messif (Russian: Мессиф) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Messif? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 563,577th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,967,164 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Messif are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 548 people, or 1 in 70,496. In Algeria Messif is primarily found in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 40 percent live, Sétif Province, where 31 percent live and Tissemsilt Province, where 29 percent live. Not including Algeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Messaif92510/
Messeif921/
Mesif917/
Massif831,075/
Missif834/
Messib832/
Metsif831/
Mesaif831/
Messiv831/
Massiff7711/
Messiev779/
Mossaif776/
Meshife775/
Messaib772/
Messoib771/
Méssaif771/
Mecif731,780/
Mosif73145/
Masif73139/
Mesib7337/
Misif737/
Mesiv731/
Mesef731/
Meshheif711/
Massiv6717/
Mosaif6711/
Moysif677/
Massef675/
Mashif675/
Masaif674/
Mesiev673/
Masifh672/
Meshiv672/
Messew672/
Mecief672/
Maasif672/
Metsef671/
Messev671/
Maysif671/
Mehsib671/
Missib671/
Moisif671/
Mossef671/
Moshif671/
Mesaib671/
Meceif671/
Mechif671/
Misiff670/
Metcif670/

Messif Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Messif in the Russian language
Мессифmessif-

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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 Messif
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