Moyssa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Moyssa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Moyssa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moyssa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moyssa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺲ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Moyssa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moyssa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Moyssa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moyssa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 67 percent live, Brakna Region, where 11 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 40 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moyssa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moyssa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺲ | amys | - |
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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
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- 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 Moyssa
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