Sissao Surname
Approximately 6,899 people bear this surname
Sissao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 5,135 | 1:3,574 | 441 |
| Mali | 1,613 | 1:10,520 | 529 |
| Senegal | 92 | 1:158,471 | 1,278 |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 1:435,306 | 14,482 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sissao (294) may also be a first name.
Sissao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sissao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sissao is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sissao click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sissao? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 71,560th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,056,319 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sissao are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 514,566th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 294 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 5,135 people, or 1 in 3,574. In Burkina Faso Sissao is most common in: Plateau-Central Region, where 36 percent are found, Centre Region, where 19 percent are found and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 23 percent are found and Senegal, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisssao | 92 | 13 | / |
| Sissaho | 92 | 10 | / |
| Sissaou | 92 | 2 | / |
| Sisao | 91 | 24 | / |
| Cissao | 83 | 3,080 | / |
| Sisseo | 83 | 235 | / |
| Saisao | 83 | 198 | / |
| Sessao | 83 | 4 | / |
| Sisaho | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sishao | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sissoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sisaou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sissoho | 77 | 1,979 | / |
| Sessaou | 77 | 18 | / |
| Shishao | 77 | 7 | / |
| Cissaou | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sisseha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gisao | 73 | 17 | / |
| Cisao | 73 | 4 | / |
| Siseo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Sizao | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sisoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sesao | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sissojho | 71 | 28 | / |
| Sissohoh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sissehou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sichao | 67 | 178 | / |
| Chisao | 67 | 108 | / |
| Sisoho | 67 | 87 | / |
| Jaisao | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sizaho | 67 | 5 | / |
| Seesao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gisaou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seiseo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jisaou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saysao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cessao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sisuio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sesaoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Setsao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shizao | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sissao
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