Essm Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Essm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Essm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Essm (52) may also be a first name.

Essm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Essm is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Essm? popularity and diffusion

The last name Essm is the 1,620,164th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Essm are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Essm is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 52 people.

The last name Essm is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Not including Egypt this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eassm899/
Essme896/
Esm861,217/
Esme75384/
Esmt75184/
Eism7515/
Ossm759/
Gesm758/
Assm757/
Easm756/
Jesm755/
Hesm755/
Issm754/
Escm753/
Eshm752/
Eesm752/
Eusm751/
Exsm751/
Eszm751/
Esmh751/
Aesm751/
Esmd751/
Etsm751/
Yesm751/
Jssm751/
Jesme67185/
Heshm6764/
Hesme6723/
Hossm6711/
Jeshm676/
Yesme675/
Eshme675/
Heesm673/
Hassm673/
Aeshm673/
Edsme672/
Eesme671/
Geism671/
Eashm671/
Jeesm671/
Jissm671/
Aissm671/
Eeshm671/
Yeszm671/

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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 Essm
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