Bissan Surname
Approximately 2,244 people bear this surname
Bissan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 1,872 | 1:9,065 | 491 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Philippines | 39 | 1:2,595,852 | 132,893 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Bissan (874) may also be a first name.
Bissan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bissan (Hindi: बिस्सन) is found most frequently in Mali. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Bissan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 188,427th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,247,569 people. The last name Bissan is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bissan reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Mande Africa. Bissan is also the 275,161st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 874 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Mali, where it is borne by 1,872 people, or 1 in 9,065. Besides Mali this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bissan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bissan in the Hindi language | ||
| बिस्सन | bis'sana | - |
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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 Bissan
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