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 surname Barissa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Barissa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 603,653rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 37 percent of Barissa reside; 37 percent reside in East Africa and 37 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 62 people.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 244,338. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Tana River County, where 85 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 5 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Barissa occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 35 percent reside and Brazil, where 27 percent reside.
Barissa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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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