Essong Surname
Approximately 875 people bear this surname
Essong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 771 | 1:26,938 | 3,669 |
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Essong (25) may also be a first name.
Essong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Essong occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Essong? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 401,442nd most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,328,624 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Essong live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Essong is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 771 people, or 1 in 26,938. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 46 percent live, South Region, where 28 percent live and Littoral Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Essong
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