Gnissi Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Gnissi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 508 | 1:36,126 | 1,895 |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | 1:607,138 | 17,958 |
Gnissi (13) may also be a first name.
Gnissi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gnissi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gnissi is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gnissi? popularity and diffusion
Gnissi is the 576,198th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gnissi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gnissi is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 13 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 508 people, or 1 in 36,126. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 73 percent reside, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 22 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Burkina Faso this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Gnissi
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