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 found in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messiga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 307,612th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,934,484 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Messiga are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Messiga is most frequently occurring in Togo, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Barring Togo Messiga exists in 10 countries. It is also found 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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