Messou Surname
Approximately 4,991 people bear this surname
Messou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 4,495 | 1:5,133 | 466 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Benin | 85 | 1:121,595 | 13,329 |
| Algeria | 72 | 1:536,549 | 37,821 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Messou (3,379) may also be a first name.
Messou Demographics
Average Messou Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Messou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺴﻮ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 95,340th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,460,137 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Messou live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Messou is also the 122,594th most common first name on earth, held by 3,379 people.
It is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 4,495 people, or 1 in 5,133. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Comoé District, where 33 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent live and Lacs District, where 19 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast Messou is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 5 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
Messou Last Name Statistics demography
Messou earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺴﻮ | amsw | 50 |
| ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩ | mswd | 50 |
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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 Messou
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