Tessema Surname
Approximately 60,849 people bear this surname
Tessema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 59,562 | 1:1,638 | 287 |
| United States | 832 | 1:435,648 | 37,501 |
| Canada | 156 | 1:236,190 | 22,564 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Norway | 21 | 1:244,871 | 26,357 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Tessema (96,180) may also be a first name.
Tessema Demographics
Average Tessema Salary in
United States
$39,899 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tessema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tessema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tessema (Arabic: تيسيما, Russian: Тессема) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tessema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,317th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 119,764 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tessema reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tessema is also the 10,559th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 96,180 people.
Tessema is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 59,562 people, or 1 in 1,638. Excluding Ethiopia it exists in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Tessema Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tessema last name are 39.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.02% registered with the political party.
The amount Tessema earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.86% less than the national average, earning 246,193 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 75.68% less than the national average, earning R 57,792 per year; in United States they earn 7.53% less than the national average, earning $39,899 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.99% less than the national average, earning $39,257 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tessema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tessema in the Russian language | ||
| Тессема | tessema | - |
| Tessema in the Arabic language | ||
| تيسيما | tysyma | - |
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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 Tessema
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