Ebessa Surname
Approximately 1,505 people bear this surname
Ebessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,423 | 1:14,595 | 1,986 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Ebéssa (1) are calculated separately.
Ebessa (102) may also be a first name.
Ebessa Demographics
Average Ebessa Salary in
United States
$38,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ebessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ebessa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Ebéssa. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebessa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 260,888th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,842,223 people. The surname Ebessa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ebessa reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ebessa is also the 935,178th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 102 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,423 people, or 1 in 14,595. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 61 percent live, South Region, where 24 percent live and East Region, where 10 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 4 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
Ebessa Last Name Statistics demography
Ebessa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year.
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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 Ebessa
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