Misa Surname
Approximately 35,168 people bear this surname
Misa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 9,134 | 1:11,084 | 1,073 |
| Nigeria | 6,943 | 1:25,514 | 2,210 |
| Indonesia | 5,033 | 1:26,276 | 3,123 |
| Ethiopia | 3,542 | 1:27,540 | 3,358 |
| India | 2,020 | 1:379,735 | 20,311 |
| Thailand | 1,715 | 1:41,189 | 4,545 |
| DR Congo | 1,053 | 1:70,161 | 8,227 |
| Spain | 844 | 1:55,393 | 5,109 |
| United States | 719 | 1:504,115 | 42,358 |
| Papua New Guinea | 600 | 1:13,590 | 1,266 |
| Poland | 440 | 1:86,384 | 13,360 |
| Japan | 358 | 1:357,107 | 12,125 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Russia | 230 | 1:626,622 | 54,766 |
| Uruguay | 222 | 1:15,458 | 1,749 |
| Cuba | 202 | 1:57,043 | 2,224 |
| Vietnam | 173 | 1:535,526 | 1,489 |
| Samoa | 162 | 1:1,196 | 373 |
| Argentina | 147 | 1:290,772 | 23,277 |
| New Zealand | 138 | 1:32,814 | 5,713 |
| Romania | 116 | 1:173,085 | 17,821 |
| Canada | 82 | 1:449,336 | 38,948 |
| American Samoa | 75 | 1:743 | 68 |
| Colombia | 69 | 1:692,378 | 7,982 |
| Latvia | 65 | 1:31,539 | 4,826 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| Tanzania | 63 | 1:840,343 | 43,483 |
| Peru | 54 | 1:588,595 | 15,207 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Italy | 27 | 1:2,265,063 | 92,103 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Albania | 17 | 1:171,415 | 12,549 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| North Macedonia | 14 | 1:150,105 | 11,233 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Miša (45), Misá (3), Mísa (3), Mişa (3) & Míša (79) are calculated separately.
Misa (93,346) may also be a first name.
Misa Demographics
Average Misa Salary in
United States
$46,111 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Misa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Misa (Georgian: მისა, Hindi: मीसा, Marathi: मीसा, Oriya: ମିଶା, Russian: Миса) occurs most in The Philippines. It can appear as: Miša, Misá, Mísa, Mişa or Míša. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Misa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,853rd most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 207,221 people. The last name Misa occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Misa live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 25 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Misa is also the 10,836th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 93,346 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 9,134 people, or 1 in 11,084. In The Philippines it is most common in: Central Visayas, where 29 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found and Eastern Visayas, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this surname occurs in 105 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
Misa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Misa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 5,531 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Misa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Muslim (86%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Misa are 7.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.14% being registered with the party.
The amount Misa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 153.22% more than the national average, earning S/. 49,086 per year; in South Africa they earn 76.16% less than the national average, earning R 56,652 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $23,460,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.97% more than the national average, earning $60,596 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Misa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Misa in the Georgian language | ||
| მისა | misa | - |
| Misa in the Marathi language | ||
| मीसा | misa | - |
| Misa in the Oriya language | ||
| ମିଶା | misa | 76.92 |
| ମିସା | misa | 11.54 |
| ମୀସା | misa | 3.85 |
| ମିଷା | misa | 3.85 |
| ମିଶ | misa | 3.85 |
| Misa in the Hindi language | ||
| मीसा | misa | 67.71 |
| मिसा | misa | 30.73 |
| मिस | misa | 0.26 |
| मीस | misa | 0.26 |
| निसा | nisa | 0.26 |
| मीश | misa | 0.26 |
| निशा | nisa | 0.26 |
| Misa in the Russian language | ||
| Миса | misa | - |
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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 Misa
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