Essas Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Essas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 71 | 1:57,674 | 4,094 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Essas (15) may also be a first name.
Essas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Essas (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Essas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Essas is the 1,860,621st most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Essas reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.
Essas is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 57,674. In Mauritania Essas is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Essas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Essas in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺱ | alsas | - |
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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 Essas
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