Waissa Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Waissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 170 | 1:122,171 | 13,957 |
| Niger | 96 | 1:199,917 | 6,754 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Waissa (552) may also be a first name.
Waissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Waissa is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waissa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 966,131st most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. The surname Waissa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Waissa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Waissa is also the 358,282nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 552 people.
The surname Waissa is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 170 people, or 1 in 122,171. In Cameroon Waissa is primarily found in: North Region, where 98 percent reside, Far North Region, where 1 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 36 percent reside and Angola, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Waissa
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