Missah Surname
Approximately 1,285 people bear this surname
Missah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,108 | 1:24,387 | 2,946 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Missah (83) may also be a first name.
Missah Demographics
Average Missah Salary in
United States
$84,906 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Missah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Missah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Missah (Hindi: मिस्सः) occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Missah.
How Common Is The Last Name Missah? popularity and diffusion
Missah is the 296,768th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,671,242 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Missah live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most widely held forename world-wide, held by 83 people.
The last name Missah is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,108 people, or 1 in 24,387. Other than Ghana this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Missah Last Name Statistics demography
Missah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 96.77% more than the national average, earning $84,906 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Missah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Missah in the Hindi language | ||
| मिस्सः | mis'sah | - |
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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 Missah
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