Alamissa Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Alamissa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alamissa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon381:546,55442,843
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Chad41:3,398,0507,703

Alamissa (588) may also be a first name.

Alamissa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alamissa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Alamissa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alamissa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,808,717th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Alamissa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Alamissa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 345,036th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 588 people.

The surname Alamissa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 546,554. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 95 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live and Far North Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Chad, where 8 percent live.

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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 Alamissa
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