Rissala Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Finland

Rissala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rissala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon621:334,98530,391
Finland251:219,86818,073
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Rissala (1,381) may also be a first name.

Rissala Last Name Facts

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

Rissala is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rissala.

How Common Is The Last Name Rissala? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,860,621st most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Rissala is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Rissala are found; 35 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Scandinavia. Rissala is also the 210,702nd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,381 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 334,985. In Cameroon Rissala is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 58 percent are found, North Region, where 26 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Rissala Last Name Statistics demography

Rissala earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.06% less than the national average, earning $27,156 USD per year.

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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 Rissala
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