Fisima Surname
Approximately 589 people bear this surname
Fisima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 539 | 1:98,222 | 9,725 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Fisima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fisima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fisima occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Fisima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fisima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 544,093rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,372,743 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fisima reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 539 people, or 1 in 98,222. In Tanzania Fisima is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 73 percent live, Tanga Region, where 14 percent live and Iringa Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fissima | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fitshima | 86 | 1 | / |
| Visima | 83 | 302 | / |
| Fisema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fijima | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fushima | 77 | 281 | / |
| Vaisima | 77 | 244 | / |
| Vishima | 77 | 69 | / |
| Fusaima | 77 | 41 | / |
| Fisaime | 77 | 14 | / |
| Vissima | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fiscimo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Feshima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Faijima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Feitsema | 71 | 17 | / |
| Vaishima | 71 | 7 | / |
| Vhishima | 71 | 6 | / |
| Vihshima | 71 | 6 | / |
| Fitjimma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fujshima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veissima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fitchima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fieseimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Veishima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fixsaime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fissaime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fiseme | 67 | 14 | / |
| Fesimi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fesema | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fishaimer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fejima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fishhaimy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fesimo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Visimo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fisima
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis