Missa

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/missa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Missa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Uruguay than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 29K(measured from records)
  • BEBelgium1 in 301K
  • PLPoland1 in 890K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Uruguay (measured from records)

115 people

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 4

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Missa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Missa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UY Uruguay1151 in 29K115——
BR Brazil481 in 4.4M48——
PL Poland431 in 890K24——
BE Belgium391 in 301K39Missa8
IN India91 in 147M9—9
ES Spain91 in 5.6M9—2

115 people counted by INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Missa is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Mïssä

  • Arabic surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Morocco, United States, Syria

    Also written Mïssã, Missä, Mïssä, Míšşā, Mįssä

  • German surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Belgium

    Languages: German, Dutch

    Also written Mißa

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Missa is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Portuguese, religious mass

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

  • In English, a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, mass (religion: celebration of the Eucharist)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, to miss; to fail to hit (a target)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In non, to miss, to lose

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalYth. Ibu Missa,Dear Ibu Missa, (English)
InformalHalo Missa,Hi Missa, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Missa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—115—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—48#107,840
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200839#31,033
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—26#9,422
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202624—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—24#80,768
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202619—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—19#93,016
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—9#126,713
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—9#125,556

Reference works 1

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Missa?
A machine transcription gives /missa/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
In which country does Missa have the most bearers?
In Uruguay, the national register counted about 115 people named Missa, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Missa most common?
Missa is densest in Uruguay, where the national register counts about 1 in 29 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Missa?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 115 people named Missa, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Missa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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