Bourissi Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Bourissi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 114 | 1:90,663 | 10,508 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Bourissi (27) may also be a first name.
Bourissi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourissi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourissi is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bourissi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourissi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,620,164th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Bourissi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bourissi are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bourissi is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 27 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 90,663. In Benin it is most common in: Atakora Department, where 76 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 14 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 10 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 1 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 Bourissi
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