Amissah Surname
Approximately 36,273 people bear this surname
Amissah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 35,328 | 1:765 | 116 |
| United States | 237 | 1:1,529,363 | 103,723 |
| England | 191 | 1:291,718 | 22,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 166 | 1:138,983 | 6,619 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Amissah (505) may also be a first name.
Amissah Demographics
Amissah Political Affiliation
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Amissah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amissah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amissah is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amissah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,365th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 200,908 people. The last name Amissah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Amissah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 376,889th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 505 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is carried by 35,328 people, or 1 in 765. Beside Ghana it is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Amissah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Amissah last name are 43.65% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.88% being registered with the party.
The amount Amissah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.03% less than the national average, earning $40,980 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.93% more than the national average, earning $50,143 CAD per year.
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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 Amissah
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