Laissa Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Laissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Laíssa (2) are calculated separately.
Laissa (4,389) may also be a first name.
Laissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﺲ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Laíssa. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Laissa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Laissa reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 104,167th most widely held forename world-wide, held by 4,389 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 77 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﺲ | lys | - |
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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
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- 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 Laissa
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