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
Nessom is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nessom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Nessom is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Nessom are found; 80 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Nessom is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 25 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Nessom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nessom has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nessom last name 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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