Lamissa Surname
Approximately 1,915 people bear this surname
Lamissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,795 | 1:11,571 | 1,565 |
| Ivory Coast | 108 | 1:213,623 | 8,940 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Lamissa (8,281) may also be a first name.
Lamissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lamissa occurs most in Cameroon. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lamissa.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamissa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 214,720th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,805,507 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lamissa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 69,505th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 8,281 people.
Lamissa is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,795 people, or 1 in 11,571. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 76 percent are found, North Region, where 23 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Lamissa is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 0 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 Lamissa
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