Kissima Surname
Approximately 1,159 people bear this surname
Kissima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,132 | 1:46,768 | 5,275 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kissima (4,704) may also be a first name.
Kissima Demographics
Average Kissima Salary in
United States
$47,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kissima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kissima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kissima (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺴﻤﺎ) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kissima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kissima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 322,008th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,287,788 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kissima reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kissima is also the 99,876th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,704 people.
The last name Kissima is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,132 people, or 1 in 46,768. In Tanzania Kissima is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 65 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Manyara Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Kissima Last Name Statistics demography
Kissima earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kissima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kissima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺴﻤﺎ | ksma | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻴﺴﻴﻤﺎ | kysyma | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻴﺴﻤﺎ | kysma | 16.67 |
| ﻛﻴﺴﻤﻰ | kysmy | 16.67 |
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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 Kissima
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