Bissama Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Bissama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 40 | 1:576,781 | 17,373 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Bissama (44) may also be a first name.
Bissama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bissama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺘﺴﺎﻣﺔ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bissama.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,484,726th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bissama are found; 68 percent are found in Central Africa and 68 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bissama is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon Bissama is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent reside, Centre Region, where 43 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bissama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bissama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺘﺴﺎﻣﺔ | abtsamt | - |
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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 Bissama
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