Amessiga Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Amessiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amessiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amessiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amessiga occurs most in Benin. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amessiga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amessiga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 246,086. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 55 percent are found, Mono Department, where 21 percent are found and Zou Department, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amessigah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Amesiga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Aimesiga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Amiesigha | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ameciga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aimeciga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amezigi | 67 | 22 | / |
| Amasuga | 67 | 14 | / |
| Amezega | 67 | 9 | / |
| Amessegher | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amisuga | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omasiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amosigho | 63 | 1 | / |
| Omossigho | 59 | 1 | / |
| Amesegger | 59 | 0 | / |
| Omosigo | 53 | 11 | / |
| Emosuga | 53 | 10 | / |
| Emisigo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Omaciga | 53 | 1 | / |
| Omosigho | 50 | 2,411 | / |
| Omosihgo | 50 | 1 | / |
| Omoshigo | 50 | 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
- 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 Amessiga
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