Chissa Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Chissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chissa (92) may also be a first name.
Chissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chissa is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chissa is the 2,909,720th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Chissa reside; 27 percent reside in Central Africa and 27 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 92 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 24 percent are found and Niger, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Chissa
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