Messila Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Messila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 127 | 1:163,536 | 17,652 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Messilä (1) are calculated separately.
Messila (38) may also be a first name.
Messila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messila is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as: Messilä. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messila? popularity and diffusion
The last name Messila is the 1,181,191st most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The last name Messila is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Messila are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 32 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 38 people.
The surname Messila is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 163,536. In Cameroon Messila is primarily found in: South Region, where 43 percent are found, East Region, where 27 percent are found and Centre Region, where 26 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 31 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Messila
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