Beissa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Beissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 62 | 1:66,046 | 4,544 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Beissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Beissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺼﻪ) is found most in Mauritania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Beissa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Beissa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 66,046. In Mauritania Beissa is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 39 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 26 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania Beissa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﺼﻪ | bysh | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻴﺺ | bys | 27.78 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺼﻪ | abysh | 5.56 |
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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
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- 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 Beissa
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