Rissey Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Rissey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Rissey (16) may also be a first name.
Rissey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rissey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rissey is most common in Niger. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rissey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rissey is the 4,908,606th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Rissey live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Chadic Africa. Rissey is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,476,309. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 85 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 8 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside Niger it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and France, where 6 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 Rissey
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