Bissafi Surname

406,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 861 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Bissafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bissafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo8491:5,876909
Central African Republic91:501,710179
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Bissafi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bissafi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bissafi is found in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bissafi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bissafi is the 406,613th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,464,049 people. The last name Bissafi occurs mostly 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 frequently held in The Congo, where it is carried by 849 people, or 1 in 5,876. In The Congo Bissafi is most prevalent in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 91 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 6 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 1 percent live. Other than The Congo it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Central African Republic, where 1 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bissafid931/
Bisafi9296/
Bessafi862,799/
Bisafio86595/
Bitsafi86147/
Boisafi866/
Bissefi862/
Biosafi861/
Bessaifi80158/
Besafi7713/
Bisofi7710/
Uisafi771/
Bisoffi711,052/
Bessafa7174/
Beisofi716/
Biseffi712/
Biosafe711/
Bisoufi711/
Vishafi711/
Bessafy711/
Boysafi711/
Bishafe710/
Bissoufa67239/
Bessoufi67130/
Bisouffi671/

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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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