Issowa Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Issowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Issowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Issowa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Issowa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Issowa reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 352,018. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 54 percent live and South Region, where 44 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent live and The Congo, where 2 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 Issowa
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