Nissia Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nissia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nissia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Nissia (201) may also be a first name.

Nissia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nissia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nissia occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nissia.

How Common Is The Last Name Nissia? popularity and diffusion

Nissia is the 2,808,717th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. Nissia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 40 percent of Nissia are found; 40 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 40 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nissia is also the 639,077th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 201 people.

The last name Nissia is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Nissia is most prevalent in: Enga, where 79 percent reside and East Sepik, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent reside and Algeria, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nissias924/
Ngissia922/
Nissiah921/
Noissia921/
Nisia91297/
Nessia83557/
Ngisia8339/
Nissio8328/
Nishia8323/
Naisia8310/
Niscia838/
Nisiah838/
Gnisia836/
Noisia836/
Nyssia833/
Neisia832/
Nissja831/
Nussia831/
Nissea831/
Naisiae771,316/
Nessiah7718/
Nessias7713/
Nitsias7712/
Ngessia771/
Nesssia771/
Nayssia771/
Gnissio771/
Niscias771/
Nishiha771/
Nishiad771/
Nischia771/
Nitshia771/
Nieshia771/
Nessiha771/
Gnessia771/
Naishia770/
Nisya73925/
Nesia73624/
Nisja73150/
Nusia7389/
Nisea7384/
Nysia732/
Nixia732/
Nísia732/
Gnissios7119/
Ngaisiah7114/
Ngaissio716/
Nisaaiha711/
Nissihou711/
Nishihat711/
Nishio6781,296/
Nisyah67294/
Nisyay67202/
Nussio67173/
Ngesia67145/
Niscio67111/
Gnesia6765/
Nusiha6764/
Naisya6759/
Nusiah6750/
Nishya6740/
Neshia6735/
Nessya6734/
Nesiah6733/
Nushia6723/
Nessea6716/
Nichia6713/
Nishea6711/
Nesias679/
Neusia673/
Nescia672/
Naysia671/
Nishja671/
Neasia671/
Ngisya671/
Nyosia671/
Nesgia671/
Naisea671/

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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 Nissia
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