Guaissa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Guaissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Guaissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guaissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guaissa occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guaissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guaissa is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guaissa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger Guaissa is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 56 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 22 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Niger it exists in one country. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 10 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 Guaissa
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