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/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hissah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Hissah live; 57 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 245,025th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 1,066 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 33 percent are found, Oyo, where 33 percent are found and Zamfara, where 33 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 43 percent are found and Jordan, where 14 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 Hissah
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