Temessa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Temessa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Temessa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Temessa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Temessa has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Temessa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Temessa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Temessa live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Chadic Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 9 percent are found.

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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 Temessa
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