Kawissa Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Kawissa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kawissa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Kawissa (21) may also be a first name.

Kawissa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kawissa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kawissa is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kawissa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kawissa? popularity and diffusion

Kawissa is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kawissa live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kawissa is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 21 people.

The last name Kawissa is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin it is mostly found in: Donga Department, where 100 percent live. Apart from Benin it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 20 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
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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 Kawissa
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