Bissima Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Bissima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
Bissima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bissima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bissima is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bissima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Bissima live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 865,378. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Cameroon Bissima is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 23 percent live.
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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 Bissima
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