Messoude Surname
Approximately 480 people bear this surname
Messoude Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 342 | 1:11,973 | 1,183 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
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
Messoude (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩﻩ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Messoude.
How Common Is The Last Name Messoude? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 635,252nd most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,182,387 people. The surname is mostly 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 widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 977 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 342 people, or 1 in 11,973. In Mauritania Messoude is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 19 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Mauritania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 28 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messoude Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messoude in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩﻩ | mswdh | 46.61 |
| ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩ | mswd | 31.71 |
| ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩﺓ | mswdt | 21.14 |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Messoude
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