Dessan Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Dessan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 145 | 1:159,112 | 7,318 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Dessan (143) may also be a first name.
Dessan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dessan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dessan is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dessan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Dessan is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Dessan are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 772,378th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 143 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 159,112. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Montagnes District, where 77 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.
Dessan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dessan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Dessan
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