Hissah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Hissah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Hissah (1,066) may also be a first name.
Hissah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hissah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hissah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hissah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Hissah reside; 57 percent reside in West Asia and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 245,025th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 1,066 people.
The last name Hissah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 33 percent live, Oyo, where 33 percent live and Zamfara, where 33 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 43 percent live and Jordan, where 14 percent live.
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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 Hissah
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