Nissan Surname
Approximately 9,465 people bear this surname
Nissan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 6,424 | 1:5,452 | 534 |
| Bangladesh | 1,622 | 1:98,247 | 4,266 |
| Syria | 456 | 1:42,327 | 2,418 |
| Sweden | 208 | 1:47,340 | 3,687 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Yemen | 97 | 1:272,426 | 9,477 |
| Palestine | 71 | 1:64,068 | 5,760 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Mexico | 49 | 1:2,533,188 | 21,064 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| Ivory Coast | 37 | 1:623,547 | 18,271 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Lebanon | 29 | 1:194,382 | 8,317 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Nissan (4,685) may also be a first name.
Nissan Demographics
Nissan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Nissan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nissan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nissan (Hindi: निस्सन, Oriya: ନିଶଁା) is found most frequently in Iraq. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nissan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nissan is the 53,875th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 769,947 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Nissan reside; 75 percent reside in West Asia and 74 percent reside in Levant. Nissan is also the 100,104th most common first name in the world, held by 4,685 people.
It is most widely held in Iraq, where it is borne by 6,424 people, or 1 in 5,452. Without taking into account Iraq Nissan is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 17 percent are found and Syria, where 5 percent are found.
Nissan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Nissan surname is principally Syriac Orthodox (88%) in Lebanon.
Nissan earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.22% more than the national average, earning $53,270 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nissan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nissan in the Hindi language | ||
| निस्सन | nis'sana | 62.5 |
| निसां | nisam | 12.5 |
| निशां | nisam | 12.5 |
| निस्सां | nis'sam | 12.5 |
| Nissan in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିଶଁା | nisama | 33.33 |
| ନିଷାନ | nisana | 33.33 |
| ନିଶାନ୍ | nisan | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Nissan
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