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 last name Fisima is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fisima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 544,093rd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 12,372,743 people. Fisima occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fisima live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Fisima is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 539 people, or 1 in 98,222. In Tanzania Fisima is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 73 percent live, Tanga Region, where 14 percent live and Iringa Region, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs 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