Awessa Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Awessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Awessa (30) may also be a first name.
Awessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awessa is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Awessa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awessa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Awessa reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awessa is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 30 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,291,950. In Benin Awessa is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 88 percent are found and Donga Department, where 13 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 15 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 Awessa
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