Lehessen Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Lehessen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Lehessen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lehessen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lehessen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺤﺴﻦ) is found most in Mauritania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lehessen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Lehessen reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Lehessen is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania Lehessen is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 85 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 8 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Portugal, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lehessen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lehessen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﺤﺴﻦ | lhsn | - |
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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
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- 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 Lehessen
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