Dissam Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Dissam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 117 | 1:156,856 | 3,906 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
Dissam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dissam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dissam occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dissam.
How Common Is The Last Name Dissam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,604,449th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. Dissam is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dissam live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Mande Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 156,856. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre-Est Region, where 85 percent are found and Centre Region, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 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 Dissam
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