Namissa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Namissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namissa (1,362) may also be a first name.
Namissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Namissa is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namissa is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Namissa reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 212,375th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 1,362 people.
The surname Namissa is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 87 percent are found, Centre Region, where 7 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 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 Namissa
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