Messiga Surname
307,612th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo
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 most common in Togo. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messiga? popularity and diffusion
Messiga is the 307,612th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 5,934,484 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Messiga live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Apart from Togo this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.
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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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