Ayessi Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Ayessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ayessi (50) may also be a first name.
Ayessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ayessi is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ayessi is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Ayessi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ayessi reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 50 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 382,800. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Mono Department, where 48 percent are found, Collines Department, where 22 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 22 percent are found. Excluding Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 40 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 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 Ayessi
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