Bissama Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bissama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bissama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon951:218,62222,080
Ivory Coast401:576,78117,373
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

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 in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bissama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,484,726th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 widely held first name globally It is held by 44 people.

The last name Bissama is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 218,622. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent are found, Centre Region, where 43 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 28 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bissama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bissama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺑﺘﺴﺎﻣﺔabtsamt-

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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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