Nakessa Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Nakessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo81:623,63715,053
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806

Nakessa (24) may also be a first name.

Nakessa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nakessa occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nakessa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakessa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Nakessa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakessa reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 24 people.

This surname is most numerous in The Congo, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 623,637. In The Congo Nakessa is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 50 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 50 percent live. Besides The Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 41 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 12 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 Nakessa
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