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 borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayessi? popularity and diffusion
Ayessi is the 2,843,861st most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname 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 frequent first name in the world, held by 50 people.
The last name Ayessi is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 382,800. In Benin Ayessi is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 48 percent reside, Collines Department, where 22 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Benin it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 40 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Ayessi
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