Kirissi Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Kirissi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 85 | 1:121,595 | 13,329 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
Kirissi (380) may also be a first name.
Kirissi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirissi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kirissi has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirissi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,994,173rd most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kirissi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kirissi is also the 444,827th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 380 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 121,595. In Benin Kirissi is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 84 percent reside, Atakora Department, where 15 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Kirissi is found in one country. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Kirissi
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