Nissam Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Nissam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 179 | 1:4,285,281 | 113,539 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Nissam (1,237) may also be a first name.
Nissam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nissam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nissam is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nissam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nissam is the 866,642nd most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Nissam reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 60 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nissam is also the 224,766th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 1,237 people.
Nissam is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 4,285,281. In India Nissam is most frequent in: Kerala, where 95 percent reside, Pondicherry, where 1 percent reside and West Bengal, where 1 percent reside. Outside of India Nissam occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent reside and Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.
Nissam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nissam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nissam surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Nissam
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