Messouna Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Messouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 304 | 1:33,999 | 4,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Messouna (94) may also be a first name.
Messouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messouna is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Messouna.
How Common Is The Last Name Messouna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 868,551st most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Messouna reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Messouna is also the 980,251st most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 94 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 33,999. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 38 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 25 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 16 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Messouna
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