Barissa Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Barissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 189 | 1:244,338 | 16,806 |
| Yemen | 178 | 1:148,457 | 7,421 |
| Brazil | 139 | 1:1,540,103 | 51,247 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Barissa (62) may also be a first name.
Barissa Demographics
Barissa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Barissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Barissa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Barissa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Barissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Barissa is the 603,653rd most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Barissa are found; 37 percent are found in East Africa and 37 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 62 people.
The last name Barissa is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 244,338. In Kenya it is most common in: Tana River County, where 85 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 5 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 35 percent are found and Brazil, where 27 percent are found.
Barissa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Barissa
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