Yessah Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Yessah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yessah (43) may also be a first name.
Yessah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yessah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yessah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yessah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Yessah reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Yessah is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 43 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 244,919. In Liberia Yessah is most numerous in: River Gee County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Liberia Yessah occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 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 Yessah
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