Essiah Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Essiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Essiah (30) may also be a first name.
Essiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Essiah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essiah? popularity and diffusion
Essiah is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Essiah are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Essiah is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 63 percent are found, Rivers, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Essiah is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and Ghana, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Essiah
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