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
Essiah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Essiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,485,539th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 30 people.
The surname Essiah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Essiah is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 63 percent are found, Rivers, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Essiah exists 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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