Niessa Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Niessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 195 | 1:94,113 | 3,050 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Niessa (51) may also be a first name.
Niessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niessa occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Niessa.
How Common Is The Last Name Niessa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,202,518th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. Niessa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niessa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Niessa is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 51 people.
Niessa is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 94,113. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre-Est Region, where 92 percent are found, Centre-Ouest Region, where 5 percent are found and Est Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso it is found in one country. It is also common in Guinea, 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 Niessa
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