Essop Surname
Approximately 5,362 people bear this surname
Essop Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,053 | 1:10,722 | 1,331 |
| England | 87 | 1:640,437 | 37,483 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Essop (1,201) may also be a first name.
Essop Demographics
Average Male Essop Height
167.29 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Essop Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essop Come From? nationality or country of origin
Essop is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Essop click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essop? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 89,489th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,359,110 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Essop reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Essop is also the 228,576th most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 1,201 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 5,053 people, or 1 in 10,722. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 44 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and Western Cape, where 17 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
Essop Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Essop has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Essop last name rose 8,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Essop Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Essop earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 46.05% more than the national average, earning R 347,064 per year; in United States they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $38,225 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $52,581 CAD per year.
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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 Essop
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