Tessama Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Tessama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tessama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin221:469,80032,108
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Tessama (19) may also be a first name.

Tessama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tessama is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tessama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Tessama are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name on earth, held by 19 people.

This surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin Tessama is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Benin Tessama is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 11 percent reside.

Tessama Last Name Statistics demography

Tessama earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.57% more than the national average, earning $44,688 USD per year.

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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 Tessama
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