Lessah Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Lessah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lessah (31) may also be a first name.
Lessah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lessah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lessah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lessah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Lessah is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Lessah are found; 63 percent are found in Central Africa and 42 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 31 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: East Region, where 67 percent live, Centre Region, where 17 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Not including Cameroon Lessah occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Liberia, where 11 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 Lessah
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