Messima Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Messima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Messima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messima is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Messima is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Messima are found; 38 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Messima is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Messima is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside and Far North Region, where 25 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Germany, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Messima
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