Kawessa Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Kawessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 120 | 1:152,934 | 3,867 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kawessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kawessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kawessa is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kawessa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,504,764th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kawessa are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 152,934. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Plateau-Central Region, where 53 percent live, Centre Region, where 29 percent live and Centre-Sud Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Burkina Faso Kawessa is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kawessa
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