Rissa Surname
Approximately 5,563 people bear this surname
Rissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,864 | 1:6,408 | 679 |
| Niger | 1,930 | 1:9,944 | 759 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Brazil | 188 | 1:1,138,693 | 39,662 |
| Finland | 136 | 1:40,417 | 5,084 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Rissa (8,615) may also be a first name.
Rissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rissa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﻳﺴﻪ, Hindi: रिस्सा, Russian: Рисса) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rissa is the 86,581st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,310,003 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Rissa reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 67,687th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 8,615 people.
The surname Rissa is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 2,864 people, or 1 in 6,408. In Burkina Faso Rissa is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 90 percent are found, Sud-Ouest Region, where 9 percent are found and Centre Region, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 35 percent are found and Mali, where 5 percent are found.
Rissa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Rissa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rissa last name declined 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rissa in the Hindi language | ||
| रिस्सा | ris'sa | 75 |
| रीस्सा | ris'sa | 25 |
| Rissa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﻳﺴﻪ | rysh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺮﻳﺲ | alrys | 50 |
| Rissa in the Russian language | ||
| Рисса | rissa | - |
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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 Rissa
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