Jessha Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Jessha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Jessha (61) may also be a first name.
Jessha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jessha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jessha is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jessha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Jessha occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Jessha live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jessha is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 61 people.
The surname Jessha is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Jessha is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 33 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 Jessha
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