Balissa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Balissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Balissa (204) may also be a first name.
Balissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balissa occurs in Senegal more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Balissa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balissa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Balissa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Balissa are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 633,892nd most common given name globally, held by 204 people.
This last name is most frequent in Senegal, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,214,945. In Senegal Balissa is mostly concentrated in: Tambacounda Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Senegal Balissa occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 11 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Balissa
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