Kaissa Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Kaissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kaïssa (26) are calculated separately.
Kaissa (2,002) may also be a first name.
Kaissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaissa (Russian: Каисса) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Kaïssa. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaissa is the 1,441,361st most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kaissa live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kaissa is also the 168,919th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 2,002 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 199,703. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: North Region, where 87 percent live, Far North Region, where 13 percent live and Southwest Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 18 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaissa in the Russian language | ||
| Каисса | kaissa | - |
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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 Kaissa
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