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) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hessana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 73,208th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,083,328 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hessana reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Hessana is also the 108,746th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 4,095 people.
The last name Hessana is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 6,244 people, or 1 in 3,326. In Cameroon Hessana is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 98 percent reside, North Region, where 1 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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