Kessong Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kessong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kessong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon271:769,22554,005
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576

Kessong Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kessong Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kessong occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kessong? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Kessong are found; 68 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 769,225. In Cameroon Kessong is most common in: East Region, where 93 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 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 Kessong
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