Yissah Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Yissah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Yissah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yissah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yissah occurs most in Malawi. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yissah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,374,607th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname Yissah is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Yissah live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Qatar, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yisah | 91 | 578 | / |
| Yisahu | 83 | 63 | / |
| Yaisah | 83 | 40 | / |
| Yessah | 83 | 31 | / |
| Yisaha | 83 | 9 | / |
| Eissah | 83 | 6 | / |
| Yishah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yuisah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ijessah | 77 | 22 | / |
| Geissah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Yoyissa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yishahu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yessa | 73 | 196 | / |
| Iessa | 73 | 184 | / |
| Eisah | 73 | 182 | / |
| Iisah | 73 | 161 | / |
| Iissa | 73 | 58 | / |
| Yesah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Iyssa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Yoisa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Iysah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Yiisa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jyisa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ijsah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyisa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yessad | 67 | 4,641 | / |
| Essaih | 67 | 1,913 | / |
| Eaysah | 67 | 1,637 | / |
| Yessoh | 67 | 1,437 | / |
| Jessah | 67 | 455 | / |
| Essayh | 67 | 311 | / |
| Hiissa | 67 | 83 | / |
| Jaisah | 67 | 62 | / |
| Geissa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Yessea | 67 | 28 | / |
| Iyosah | 67 | 23 | / |
| Iessai | 67 | 15 | / |
| Giysah | 67 | 15 | / |
| Iedsah | 67 | 15 | / |
| Joisah | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ijessa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ayiesa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yiesai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yessaa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Euisah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Iyossa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yessho | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eishah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eeissa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yoisay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Juissa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yessai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Esseah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yesahu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiisha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yesahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaisah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiysah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeisah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yessay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyssat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiisau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehsah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iitsah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Essahy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeshah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiesap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaaisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yoiosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiossa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yissah
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