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
The surname Beissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺼﻪ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,394,033rd most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Beissa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 66,046. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 39 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 26 percent live and Adrar Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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