Bissie Surname
Approximately 1,748 people bear this surname
Bissie Surname Definition:
BISSIE: Andrew Bissie in Milntoune of Anstruther, 1592 (St. Andrews). David Bissie, heir of Thomas Bissie in Mylnetoun of Pettinweim, 1651 (Retours, Fife, 1588).
Bissie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 845 | 1:27,303 | 1,908 |
| Cameroon | 607 | 1:34,216 | 4,606 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Bissié (2) are calculated separately.
Bissie (594) may also be a first name.
Bissie Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
BISSIE: Andrew Bissie in Milntoune of Anstruther, 1592 (St. Andrews). David Bissie, heir of Thomas Bissie in Mylnetoun of Pettinweim, 1651 (Retours, Fife, 1588).
Bissie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bissie is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear as: Bissié. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bissie.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 231,254th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,169,077 people. The last name Bissie is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Bissie live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bissie is also the 343,155th most numerous first name globally, held by 594 people.
The surname Bissie is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 845 people, or 1 in 27,303. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Comoé District, where 71 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 24 percent live and Lagunes District, where 2 percent live. Barring The Ivory Coast it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 35 percent live and Ghana, where 16 percent live.
Bissie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bissie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bissie surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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