Balissou Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Balissou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Balissou (830) may also be a first name.
Balissou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balissou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balissou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balissou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Balissou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 283,475th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 830 people.
The surname Balissou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 94 percent reside, North Region, where 4 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 4 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 Balissou
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