Wissy Surname
Approximately 938 people bear this surname
Wissy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 808 | 1:23,887 | 1,668 |
| Iraq | 105 | 1:333,540 | 6,405 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Wissy (242) may also be a first name.
Wissy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wissy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wissy is more commonly found in Syria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Wissy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wissy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 380,259th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 7,769,239 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wissy reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 97 percent reside in Levant. Wissy is also the 574,510th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 242 people.
This surname is most numerous in Syria, where it is held by 808 people, or 1 in 23,887. In Syria Wissy is most prevalent in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent are found and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Barring Syria Wissy is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 11 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
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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 Wissy
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