Kissah Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kissah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kissah (1,120) may also be a first name.
Kissah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kissah is most common in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Kissah reside; 45 percent reside in East Africa and 36 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 238,240th most common first name internationally, borne by 1,120 people.
The surname Kissah is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Trans Nzoia County, where 100 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Algeria, where 9 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 Kissah
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