Dirissa Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Dirissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 200 | 1:95,960 | 3,983 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dirissa (229) may also be a first name.
Dirissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dirissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dirissa has its highest incidence in Niger. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dirissa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dirissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,152,132nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dirissa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 593,349th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 229 people.
The last name Dirissa is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 95,960. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 99 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 1 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Niger Dirissa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 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 Dirissa
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