Messiga Surname
Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname
Messiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Messiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messiga is more frequently found in Togo than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messiga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 307,612th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,934,484 people. The last name Messiga is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Messiga live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Togo, where it is borne by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Outside of Togo Messiga is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 2 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Messiga
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