Mussah Surname
Approximately 5,350 people bear this surname
Mussah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4,522 | 1:3,786 | 511 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Liberia | 342 | 1:12,890 | 1,373 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Mussah (7,949) may also be a first name.
Mussah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mussah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mussah is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mussah.
How Common Is The Last Name Mussah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 89,666th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,362,158 people. Mussah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mussah reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 71,393rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 7,949 people.
The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 4,522 people, or 1 in 3,786. Outside of Malawi this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 8 percent reside and Liberia, where 6 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 Mussah
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