Kessama Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Kessama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kessama (351) may also be a first name.
Kessama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kessama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺴﺎﻡ) occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kessama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kessama live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 465,148th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 351 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Congo, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 383,777. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 69 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 31 percent live. Besides The Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kessama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kessama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺴﺎﻡ | ksam | - |
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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 Kessama
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