Messoude Surname

635,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Messoude Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messoude Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania3421:11,9731,183
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Messoude (977) may also be a first name.

Messoude Last Name Facts

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

The last name Messoude (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩﻩ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Messoude? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 635,252nd most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Messoude live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Messoude is also the 257,794th most frequent given name on earth. It is borne by 977 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 11,973. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent live, Assaba Region, where 19 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 28 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Messoude Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Messoude in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩﻩmswdh46.61
ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩmswd31.71
ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩﺓmswdt21.14

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