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 has its highest incidence in Benin. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Essoun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Essoun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 87,609th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,327,422 people. Essoun is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Essoun are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 487,350th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 324 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 3,272 people, or 1 in 3,159. In Benin Essoun is mostly found in: Plateau Department, where 57 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 31 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Benin it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 39 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
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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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