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 more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wissin.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Wissin occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Wissin live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wissin is also the 3,159,357th most common first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
The last name Wissin is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Wissin occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside.
Wissin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wissin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wissin surname 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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