Issima Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Issima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 72 | 1:266,556 | 8,311 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Issima (127) may also be a first name.
Issima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Issima (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻤﺎ) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issima? popularity and diffusion
Issima is the 2,034,059th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Issima reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Issima is also the 825,494th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 127 people.
This surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 266,556. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 85 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 8 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 7 percent reside. Beside Niger this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Issima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Issima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﻴﻤﺎ | alsyma | - |
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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
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- 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 Issima
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