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 carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,380,086th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name Wissi occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Wissi live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wissi is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 601,609. In Tanzania Wissi is primarily found in: Tanga Region, where 85 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 10 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 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
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- 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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