Kessina Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Kessina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kessina (228) may also be a first name.
Kessina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kessina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kessina occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kessina? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Kessina reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 594,918th most commonly used given name internationally, borne by 228 people.
The last name Kessina is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 10 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 Kessina
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