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
The surname Messouna is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Messouna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 868,551st most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Messouna reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 980,251st most prevalent given name globally, borne by 94 people.
The last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 304 people, or 1 in 33,999. In Benin Messouna is most common in: Donga Department, where 38 percent live, Borgou Department, where 25 percent live and Atakora Department, where 16 percent live. Besides Benin Messouna exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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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