Shissa Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Shissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 76 | 1:513,675 | 29,105 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Shissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shissa occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shissa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,136,387th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Shissa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shissa live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 513,675. In Uganda Shissa is mostly concentrated in: Mbale District, where 80 percent live, Bulambuli District, where 12 percent live and Sironko District, where 3 percent live. Aside from Uganda Shissa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Shissa
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