Kessam Surname
Approximately 641 people bear this surname
Kessam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 395 | 1:97,801 | 14,676 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Kessam (28) may also be a first name.
Kessam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kessam is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kessam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 510,276th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,369,026 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kessam live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb. Kessam is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 395 people, or 1 in 97,801. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Khenchela Province, where 66 percent reside, Tipasa Province, where 20 percent reside and Tiaret Province, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Algeria Kessam exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 37 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Kessam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kessam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kessam last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Kessam
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