Galissa Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Galissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 217 | 1:54,534 | 701 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
Galissa (11) may also be a first name.
Galissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galissa is carried by more people in Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galissa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,041,601st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname Galissa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Galissa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Galissa is most frequently occurring in Guinea, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 54,534. In Guinea Galissa is primarily found in: Boké Region, where 98 percent live, Conakry Region, where 2 percent live and Kankan Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Guinea Galissa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent live and Senegal, where 2 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 Galissa
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