Poyisa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Poyisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Poyisa (22) may also be a first name.
Poyisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poyisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poyisa is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poyisa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Poyisa are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 22 people.
The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most common in: Free State, where 33 percent are found, Gauteng, where 33 percent are found and Western Cape, where 33 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Poyisa
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