Olissan Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Olissan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Olissan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olissan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olissan is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olissan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olissan is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Olissan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin it is mostly found in: Plateau Department, where 36 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 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 Olissan
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