Wissin Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wissin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Wissin (13) may also be a first name.
Wissin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wissin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wissin is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wissin is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Wissin are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wissin is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Wissin is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 100 percent live. Not including Benin Wissin exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live.
Wissin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wissin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wissin last name fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wissin
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