Essouma Surname
Approximately 2,086 people bear this surname
Essouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,065 | 1:10,058 | 1,331 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Essouma (339) may also be a first name.
Essouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Essouma is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Essouma? popularity and diffusion
Essouma is the 200,147th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,493,550 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Essouma are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 474,488th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 339 people.
The surname Essouma is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,065 people, or 1 in 10,058. In Cameroon Essouma is most common in: Centre Region, where 63 percent live, South Region, where 26 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 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 Essouma
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