Nessom Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Nessom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Nessom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nessom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nessom is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nessom.
How Common Is The Last Name Nessom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nessom is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Nessom reside; 80 percent reside in Central Africa and 80 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Nessom is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Nessom is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 25 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 25 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside.
Nessom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nessom has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Nessom
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