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
Messima is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Messima is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Messima is primarily found 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.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside and Far North Region, where 25 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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