Medessi Surname

425,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 812 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Medessi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medessi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Benin1721:60,0917,422
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Medessi (353) may also be a first name.

Medessi Last Name Facts

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

Medessi is found most in Togo. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medessi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 425,776th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,974,810 people. The surname Medessi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Medessi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Medessi is also the 463,770th most numerous given name worldwide, held by 353 people.

Medessi is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Outside of Togo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 21 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Medessi
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