Issoua Surname
Approximately 888 people bear this surname
Issoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 881 | 1:21,784 | 1,338 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
Issoua (528) may also be a first name.
Issoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Issoua occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Issoua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issoua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 396,862nd most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,206,696 people. The last name Issoua is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Issoua live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Issoua is also the 367,169th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 528 people.
It is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 881 people, or 1 in 21,784. In Niger Issoua is most common in: Zinder Region, where 96 percent are found, Diffa Region, where 4 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Niger this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 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 Issoua
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