Tavissa Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Tavissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Tavissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tavissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tavissa is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tavissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tavissa is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tavissa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Tavissa is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 195,011. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 74 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 15 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 6 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Tavissa
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