Messouss Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Messouss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Messouss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messouss Come From? nationality or country of origin
Messouss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻮﺱ) is most common in Mauritania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Messouss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Messouss occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Messouss are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Messouss is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messouss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messouss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺴﻮﺱ | msws | - |
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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 Messouss
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