Guissa Surname
Approximately 8,063 people bear this surname
Guissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7,164 | 1:2,679 | 280 |
| Burkina Faso | 348 | 1:52,736 | 2,296 |
| Ivory Coast | 332 | 1:69,492 | 3,923 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Peru | 45 | 1:706,314 | 16,453 |
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Guissa (6,162) may also be a first name.
Guissa Demographics
Average Guissa Salary in
United States
$56,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Guissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺴﻰ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guissa? popularity and diffusion
Guissa is the 62,279th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 903,826 people. The surname Guissa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Guissa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Guissa is also the 84,228th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 6,162 people.
The last name Guissa is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 7,164 people, or 1 in 2,679. In Niger Guissa is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 46 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 42 percent live and Agadez Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Niger it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Guissa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Guissa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 60.85% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,180 per year and in United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺴﻰ | kysy | - |
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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 Guissa
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