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
The surname Misah (Arabic: ميساح, Hindi: ंिसाह, Marathi: िमसाह) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Misah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 247,629th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,537,700 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Misah live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Misah is also the 71,970th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 7,857 people.
The last name Misah is most widely held in India, where it is held by 774 people, or 1 in 991,041. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 98 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Besides India this last name is found 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 bearing the last name is predominantly 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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