Essah Surname
Approximately 7,090 people bear this surname
Essah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 5,057 | 1:5,343 | 751 |
| Cameroon | 1,055 | 1:19,686 | 2,676 |
| Nigeria | 391 | 1:453,051 | 23,131 |
| Liberia | 195 | 1:22,608 | 2,228 |
| Benin | 160 | 1:64,598 | 7,911 |
| Pakistan | 53 | 1:3,370,639 | 25,973 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Essah (281) may also be a first name.
Essah Demographics
Essah Political Affiliation
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Essah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Essah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻩ) has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,802nd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,027,863 people. Essah occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Essah are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 528,876th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 281 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 5,057 people, or 1 in 5,343. Apart from Ghana this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Essah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Essah surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.
The amount Essah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 7.2% less than the national average, earning R 220,536 per year and in United States they earn 13.05% less than the national average, earning $37,518 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Essah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Essah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻩ | alsah | - |
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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 Essah
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