Hessana Surname
Approximately 6,727 people bear this surname
Hessana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6,244 | 1:3,326 | 401 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Hessana (4,095) may also be a first name.
Hessana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hessana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hessana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺴﻦ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hessana.
How Common Is The Last Name Hessana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 73,208th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,083,328 people. Hessana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hessana are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 108,746th most commonly used first name globally, held by 4,095 people.
The surname Hessana is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 6,244 people, or 1 in 3,326. In Cameroon Hessana is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 98 percent live, North Region, where 1 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 7 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hessana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hessana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺴﻦ | hsn | - |
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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 Hessana
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