Kissia Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Kissia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 82 | 1:645,629 | 38,896 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Kíssia (1) are calculated separately.
Kissia (525) may also be a first name.
Kissia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kissia occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant: Kíssia. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,658,108th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. Kissia occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kissia are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kissia is also the 368,302nd most frequent first name in the world, held by 525 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 645,629. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 84 percent live, Arusha Region, where 5 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 6 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 Kissia
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