Dissah Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Dissah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Dissah (22) may also be a first name.
Dissah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dissah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dissah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dissah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dissah is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dissah live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 22 people.
The last name Dissah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 81 percent reside, Benue, where 15 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 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 Dissah
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