Messouad Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Messouad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messouad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania581:70,6014,804
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Messouad (17) may also be a first name.

Messouad Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Messouad Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Messouad (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Messouad? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,460,878th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Messouad live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 70,601. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 3 percent live and Tunisia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Messouad Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Messouad in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩmswd-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Messouad
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