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 has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yessah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Yessah is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Yessah are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 43 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 244,919. In Liberia it is mostly found in: River Gee County, where 100 percent live. Not including Liberia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 32 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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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