Nesseh Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nesseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nesseh (12) may also be a first name.
Nesseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nesseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nesseh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﺻﺢ) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nesseh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nesseh live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Nesseh is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
Nesseh is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Nesseh is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live and River Gee County, where 17 percent live. Besides Liberia Nesseh exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 11 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nesseh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nesseh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﺻﺢ | nash | - |
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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 Nesseh
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