Missai Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Missai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Missaï (18) are calculated separately.
Missai (10) may also be a first name.
Missai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Missai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Missai occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Missaï. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Missai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. Missai is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Missai are found; 33 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Missai is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 10 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin Missai is most common in: Zou Department, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Benin this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 19 percent reside and Estonia, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Missai
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