Bissai Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Bissai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 610 | 1:34,048 | 4,581 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Bissaï (2) are calculated separately.
Bissai (11) may also be a first name.
Bissai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bissai (Oriya: ବିେଷାୟୀ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Bissaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 482,070th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. Bissai occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bissai reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bissai is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
Bissai is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 610 people, or 1 in 34,048. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 60 percent are found, Centre Region, where 35 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Bissai exists in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bissai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bissai in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିେଷାୟୀ | biesayi | 33.33 |
| ବିେଷଇ | biesa'i | 33.33 |
| ବିେଶାଇ | biesa'i | 33.33 |
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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 Bissai
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