Jessah Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Jessah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 450 | 1:393,651 | 20,728 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jessah (1,116) may also be a first name.
Jessah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jessah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jessah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jessah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 660,498th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Jessah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jessah is also the 238,694th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 1,116 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 450 people, or 1 in 393,651. In Nigeria Jessah is most common in: Delta, where 80 percent are found, Lagos, where 8 percent are found and Osun, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Jessah
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