Nakissa Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Nakissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Nakissa (789) may also be a first name.
Nakissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nakissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻛﻴﺴﺎ) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakissa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Nakissa live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 291,751st most frequent first name on earth, held by 789 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 443,678. In The Ivory Coast Nakissa is mostly concentrated in: Woroba District, where 44 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Nakissa exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻛﻴﺴﺎ | nakysa | - |
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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 Nakissa
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