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 more in Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Galissa.
How Common Is The Last Name Galissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,041,601st most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The last name Galissa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Galissa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Guinea, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 54,534. In Guinea Galissa 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. Not including Guinea this surname 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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