Kissang Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kissang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kissang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724

Kissang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kissang is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kissang? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kissang are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Kissang is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 97 percent live and Delta, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 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 Kissang
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