Mousssa Surname
Approximately 1,325 people bear this surname
Mousssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,304 | 1:14,718 | 998 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Mousssa (604) may also be a first name.
Mousssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mousssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mousssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺳﻲ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mousssa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mousssa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mousssa is the 289,292nd most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,500,035 people. The last name Mousssa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mousssa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Mousssa is also the 340,092nd most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 604 people.
The surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 1,304 people, or 1 in 14,718. In Niger Mousssa is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 29 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 18 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mousssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mousssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺳﻲ | mwsy | 50 |
| ﻣﻮﺱ | mws | 25 |
| ﻣﻮﺳﻰ | mwsy | 25 |
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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 Mousssa
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