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
The surname Bissama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺘﺴﺎﻣﺔ) is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bissama is the 1,484,726th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname Bissama is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bissama live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bissama is also the 1,525,482nd most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 44 people.
The surname Bissama is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon Bissama is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent live, Centre Region, where 43 percent live and Southwest Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Bissama
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