Tessa Surname
Approximately 3,236 people bear this surname
Tessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 775 | 1:26,799 | 3,647 |
| Italy | 698 | 1:87,617 | 15,166 |
| Algeria | 429 | 1:90,050 | 13,818 |
| Argentina | 165 | 1:259,051 | 20,901 |
| France | 156 | 1:425,787 | 61,887 |
| Ukraine | 130 | 1:350,175 | 43,429 |
| United States | 128 | 1:2,831,710 | 167,846 |
| Indonesia | 110 | 1:1,202,265 | 84,863 |
| Haiti | 105 | 1:101,751 | 4,917 |
| Uruguay | 85 | 1:40,374 | 4,617 |
| Poland | 56 | 1:678,728 | 58,421 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Transnistria | 12 | 1:39,558 | 6,116 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Moldova | 10 | 1:356,137 | 27,160 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Tessa (72,474) may also be a first name.
Tessa Demographics
Average Tessa Salary in
United States
$39,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tessa (Arabic: تيسّا, Hindi: तेस्सा, Marathi: तेसा, Russian: Тесса) is found most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Tessa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tessa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 138,286th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,252,023 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 39 percent of Tessa live; 24 percent live in Central Africa and 24 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tessa is also the 13,484th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 72,474 people.
The surname Tessa is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 775 people, or 1 in 26,799. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 36 percent are found, Centre Region, where 34 percent are found and West Region, where 22 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Tessa occurs in 68 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 22 percent are found and Algeria, where 13 percent are found.
Tessa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tessa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tessa surname grew 6,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 338 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tessa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Tessa last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Tessa surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tessa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 11.6% more than the national average, earning €33,513 per year; in South Africa they earn 96.25% less than the national average, earning R 8,904 per year; in United States they earn 9.28% less than the national average, earning $39,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.48% less than the national average, earning $36,029 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tessa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tessa in the Hindi language | ||
| तेस्सा | tes'sa | - |
| Tessa in the Marathi language | ||
| तेसा | tesa | - |
| Tessa in the Russian language | ||
| Тесса | tessa | - |
| Tessa in the Arabic language | ||
| تيسّا | tysa | - |
| تيسا | tysa | - |
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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 Tessa
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