Weissan Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Weissan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 96 | 1:107,663 | 12,089 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Weïssan (37) are calculated separately.
Weissan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weissan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weissan occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Weïssan. Click here for further potential spellings of Weissan.
How Common Is The Last Name Weissan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,604,449th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Weissan live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 107,663. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 96 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 2 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent reside and Togo, where 1 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 Weissan
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