Misah Surname
Approximately 1,606 people bear this surname
Misah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 774 | 1:991,041 | 41,957 |
| Indonesia | 349 | 1:378,938 | 32,392 |
| Philippines | 200 | 1:506,191 | 59,191 |
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Misah (7,857) may also be a first name.
Misah Demographics
Misah Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Misah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Misah (Arabic: ميساح, Hindi: ंिसाह, Marathi: िमसाह) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Misah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 247,629th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,537,700 people. Misah occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Misah reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 71,970th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 7,857 people.
The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 774 people, or 1 in 991,041. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 98 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Other than India this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 22 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Misah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Misah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Misah in the Marathi language | ||
| िमसाह | imasaha | 85.71 |
| िमसह | imasaha | 14.29 |
| Misah in the Hindi language | ||
| ंिसाह | misaha | 33.33 |
| मिसह | misaha | 16.67 |
| ंिसहा | misaha | 16.67 |
| Misah in the Arabic language | ||
| ميساح | mysah | - |
| ميساه | mysah | - |
| ميشه | myshh | - |
| ميزه | myzh | - |
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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 Misah
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