Messousse Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Messousse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Messousse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania191:215,51910,553
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
France11:66,422,722504,397

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Messousse in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺴﻮﺱmsws-

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Footnotes

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