Esamah Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Esamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
Esamah (19) may also be a first name.
Esamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Esamah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Esamah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Esamah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 38 percent live, Edo, where 19 percent live and Oyo, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria Esamah exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 3 percent live.
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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 Esamah
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