Messka Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Messka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 138 | 1:29,673 | 2,470 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Messka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻜﻪ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Messka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,504,764th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Messka reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Messka is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 29,673. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 57 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 9 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻜﻪ | mskh | 76.47 |
| ﻣﺴﻚ | msk | 23.53 |
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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 Messka
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