Korissa Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Korissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 191 | 1:108,739 | 12,726 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Korissa (258) may also be a first name.
Korissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Korissa is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Korissa is the 1,206,588th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Korissa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 554,411th most common first name worldwide, held by 258 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 108,739. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 90 percent are found, Centre Region, where 8 percent are found and North Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 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 Korissa
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