Missay Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Missay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Missay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Missay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Missay is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Missay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Missay is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Missay reside; 45 percent reside in East Africa and 36 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Missay is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 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 Missay
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