Yissa Surname
Approximately 593 people bear this surname
Yissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 542 | 1:326,832 | 17,905 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Yissa (458) may also be a first name.
Yissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yissa occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yissa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 541,435th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. The last name Yissa is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yissa are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 398,932nd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 458 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 542 people, or 1 in 326,832. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kwara, where 41 percent are found, Lagos, where 24 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Yissa occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 2 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
- 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 Yissa
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