Wissan Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Wissan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 174 | 1:59,400 | 7,340 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wissan (43) may also be a first name.
Wissan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wissan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wissan is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,058,336th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wissan reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wissan is also the 1,545,828th most common first name in the world, borne by 43 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 59,400. In Benin Wissan is most common in: Zou Department, where 96 percent are found, Collines Department, where 1 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Benin Wissan is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Wissan
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