Sissako Surname
Approximately 5,151 people bear this surname
Sissako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 4,195 | 1:4,045 | 289 |
| France | 438 | 1:151,650 | 23,523 |
| Cameroon | 388 | 1:53,529 | 6,977 |
| Burkina Faso | 69 | 1:265,972 | 5,041 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sissako (36) may also be a first name.
Sissako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sissako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sissako (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺴﺎﻛﻮ) occurs most in Mali. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sissako.
How Common Is The Last Name Sissako? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sissako is the 92,736th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,414,783 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sissako reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mali, where it is borne by 4,195 people, or 1 in 4,045. Besides Mali this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 9 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sissako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sissako in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﺴﺎﻛﻮ | sysakw | 50 |
| ﺳﻴﺴﻐﻮ | sysghw | 50 |
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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 Sissako
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