Messousse Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Messousse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Messousse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messousse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Messousse (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺴﻮﺱ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messousse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Messousse occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Messousse reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Messousse is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 95 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Messousse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Messousse 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
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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 Messousse
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