Essoun Surname
Approximately 5,490 people bear this surname
Essoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,272 | 1:3,159 | 383 |
| Ghana | 2,147 | 1:12,585 | 1,652 |
| Ivory Coast | 40 | 1:576,781 | 17,373 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Essoun (324) may also be a first name.
Essoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Essoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Essoun is found most in Benin. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Essoun.
How Common Is The Last Name Essoun? popularity and diffusion
Essoun is the 87,609th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,327,422 people. The last name Essoun occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Essoun live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Essoun is also the 487,350th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 324 people.
The last name Essoun is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 3,272 people, or 1 in 3,159. In Benin Essoun is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 57 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 31 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 39 percent live and The Ivory Coast, 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 Essoun
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