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
The last name Niessa is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It can be found as a variant:. 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 held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. Niessa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niessa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Niessa is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 51 people.
The surname Niessa is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 94,113. In Burkina Faso Niessa is most prevalent in: Centre-Est Region, where 92 percent reside, Centre-Ouest Region, where 5 percent reside and Est Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Burkina Faso it exists in one country. It also occurs in Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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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