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 surname Wissin is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wissin.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Wissin occurs mostly 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. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 13 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Benin it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Wissin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wissin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wissin surname declined 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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