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 found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Messima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messima? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Messima is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Messima live; 38 percent live in Central Africa and 38 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Messima is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside and Far North Region, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name 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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