Amessan Surname
Approximately 2,792 people bear this surname
Amessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,766 | 1:8,341 | 715 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Amessan (968) may also be a first name.
Amessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amessan is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amessan? popularity and diffusion
Amessan is the 156,768th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,610,153 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Amessan live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amessan is also the 259,154th most common first name internationally It is held by 968 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 2,766 people, or 1 in 8,341. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Lagunes District, where 52 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 33 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 7 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Amessan
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