Yesseh Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Yesseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Yesseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yesseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yesseh is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yesseh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yesseh is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yesseh reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Yesseh is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 86 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Yesseh is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 31 percent are found and Ghana, where 8 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 Yesseh
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