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
Galissa occurs most in Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Galissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,041,601st most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name Galissa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Galissa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Mande Africa. Galissa is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name in the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Guinea, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 54,534. In Guinea it is mostly found in: Boké Region, where 98 percent are found, Conakry Region, where 2 percent are found and Kankan Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 8 percent are found and Senegal, where 2 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 Galissa
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