Essawa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Essawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Essawa (12) may also be a first name.
Essawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Essawa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Essawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Essawa live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 12 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: East Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 17 percent reside.
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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 Essawa
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