Kiessu Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Kiessu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 110 | 1:188,810 | 19,696 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kiessu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiessu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiessu is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kiessu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiessu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,736,881st most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. Kiessu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiessu reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 188,810. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: West Region, where 61 percent live, Littoral Region, where 33 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Cameroon Kiessu is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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 Kiessu
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