Gissay Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gissay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gissay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gissay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gissay occurs more in The Gambia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gissay? popularity and diffusion
Gissay is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Gissay occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Gissay live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most numerous in The Gambia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 1,923,451. Without taking into account The Gambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 33 percent are found and Thailand, where 33 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
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- 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 Gissay
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