Meyssa Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Meyssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 59 | 1:69,404 | 4,742 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Meyssa (55) may also be a first name.
Meyssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meyssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meyssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺲ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meyssa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,047,559th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Meyssa is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Meyssa live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 69,404. In Mauritania Meyssa is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 32 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 27 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Tunisia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meyssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meyssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 60.87 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺴﻪ | amysh | 21.74 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺲ | amys | 13.04 |
| ﻣﻴﺴﺎ | mysa | 4.35 |
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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 Meyssa
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