Niessi Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Niessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 216 | 1:84,963 | 2,920 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Niessi (15) may also be a first name.
Niessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niessi is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Niessi? popularity and diffusion
Niessi is the 1,017,412th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Niessi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Niessi live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Niessi is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 84,963. In Burkina Faso Niessi is mostly found in: Nord Region, where 51 percent live, Centre Region, where 31 percent live and Centre-Ouest Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Niessi
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