Bissay Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Bissay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 350 | 1:189,779 | 29,542 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bissay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bissay is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissay? popularity and diffusion
Bissay is the 670,508th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Bissay live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Bissay is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 189,779. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 63 percent reside, Normandy, where 28 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account France this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Bissay
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