Messous Surname
Approximately 4,094 people bear this surname
Messous Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,544 | 1:10,901 | 1,893 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| France | 150 | 1:442,818 | 63,836 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Messous Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messous Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messous (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messous? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 113,057th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,780,055 people. The surname Messous is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Messous are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 3,544 people, or 1 in 10,901. In Algeria Messous is primarily concentrated in: Aïn Defla Province, where 22 percent are found, Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 16 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 9 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messous Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messous in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻌﻮﺩ | mswd | - |
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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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- 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 Messous
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