Tissala Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Tissala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 381 | 1:54,512 | 7,059 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
Tissala (571) may also be a first name.
Tissala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tissala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tissala is found most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tissala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 739,868th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tissala live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 350,891st most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 571 people.
The surname Tissala is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 381 people, or 1 in 54,512. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live, North Region, where 9 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Chad, where 2 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 Tissala
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