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
Missai occurs most in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant: Missaï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Missai? popularity and diffusion
Missai is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Missai reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin Missai is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Benin it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 19 percent are found and Estonia, where 15 percent are found.
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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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