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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nessom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Nessom live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nessom is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Nessom is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 25 percent live, Littoral Region, where 25 percent live and Northwest Region, where 25 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live.
Nessom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nessom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nessom surname decreased 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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