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 in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yissa? popularity and diffusion
Yissa is the 541,435th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yissa reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 398,932nd most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 458 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 542 people, or 1 in 326,832. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kwara, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 24 percent reside and Oyo, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 2 percent reside.
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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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