Wissi Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Wissi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 88 | 1:601,609 | 37,493 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Wissi (38) may also be a first name.
Wissi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wissi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wissi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,380,086th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Wissi reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 38 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 601,609. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 85 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 10 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 9 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 Wissi
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