Essaw Surname

552,088th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Essaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Essaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Essaw (47) may also be a first name.

Essaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Essaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Essaw occurs most in Ghana. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Essaw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Essaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Essaw is the 552,088th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 12,608,211 people. The last name Essaw is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Essaw reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Essaw is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 47 people.

The last name is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Beside Ghana Essaw exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

Essaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Essaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Essaw surname increased 250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Essawe91209/
Esaw891,311/
Eissawe831/
Essaf80792/
Esawe80332/
Easaw80191/
Esauw8086/
Assaw8056/
Essab8018/
Issaw8015/
Esaiw8015/
Essow806/
Eesaw806/
Eisaw802/
Eshaw802/
Ossaw801/
Esiaw801/
Essaif73342/
Exshaw73100/
Eesawe7398/
Gessow7361/
Essaff7354/
Esshab7324/
Assauw7323/
Hessab7321/
Hassaw7317/
Issawe7316/
Essowe7313/
Essahb739/
Essafe738/
Heshaw737/
Essaft736/
Essaaf734/
Essaib734/
Essayf734/
Essayb734/
Essowa732/
Essouw731/
Aeshaw731/
Eassab731/
Jeesaw731/
Eissaf731/
Hessaf731/
Aissaw731/
Essova731/
Eishaw731/
Eassow731/
Hissaw731/
Edshaw730/
Isaw67378/
Ysaw67314/
Asaw67194/
Esaf67125/
Esab6760/
Esav6727/
Hasshaw6724/
Osaw6722/
Esow6713/
Heushaw6710/
Hessova675/
Gessova672/
Heashaw671/
Hedshaw671/
Hissawe671/
Heussaf671/
Essa'ab671/
Essouwe671/
Eshawsh671/

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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
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  • 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 Essaw
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