Bissafi Surname
Approximately 861 people bear this surname
Bissafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 849 | 1:5,876 | 909 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Bissafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bissafi occurs in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissafi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bissafi is the 406,613th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 8,464,049 people. Bissafi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bissafi live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in The Congo, where it is borne by 849 people, or 1 in 5,876. In The Congo Bissafi is mostly concentrated in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 91 percent reside, Brazzaville Department, where 6 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent reside. Other than The Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Central African Republic, where 1 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissafid | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bisafi | 92 | 96 | / |
| Bessafi | 86 | 2,799 | / |
| Bisafio | 86 | 595 | / |
| Bitsafi | 86 | 147 | / |
| Boisafi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Bissefi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Biosafi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bessaifi | 80 | 158 | / |
| Besafi | 77 | 13 | / |
| Bisofi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Uisafi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bisoffi | 71 | 1,052 | / |
| Bessafa | 71 | 74 | / |
| Beisofi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Biseffi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Biosafe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bisoufi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vishafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bessafy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boysafi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bishafe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bissoufa | 67 | 239 | / |
| Bessoufi | 67 | 130 | / |
| Bisouffi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bissafi
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